Item: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rating: 9
Author: Sharang Dwivedi

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The main reason for using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is the Oracle database services provided in OCI like Autonomous database, Oracle Base Service and Exadata etc. Oracle is putting lots of innovations in it's Oracle database running into OCI and features being released first in the Oracle cloud. For our product cloud journey we were looking for the best place to run the Oracle database.

Pros and Cons

Autonomous database.
Oracle Database Base service.
We can start with the small size of the Oracle Database scale-up as demand grows as opposed to the On-Premise Oracle Database setup.
No upfront investment in Oracle Database.
The latest and greatest feature is firstly available in the OCI for Oracle Database.

Costs are still high for using the Oracle Database.
Oracle Cloud is still lacking lots of good features which is available in the clouds like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
There should be open-source options & services available in the OCI.

Return on Investment

It is not a good option if your application uses a database other than Oracle.
Limited open-source features in OCI creates vendor lock issue.
Limited options are available as compared with Azure and AWS.

Alternatives Considered

Azure Cloud Services

Microsoft Azure Cloud does not provide the native Oracle Database service with features like RAC, ASM Exadata, etc. Hence, we decided to use the Oracle Cloud for the database platform instead of Azure. Also, Microsoft and Azure came to an agreement to work together where Azure applications can use the Oracle Database Services from Oracle Cloud.

Key Insights

Do you think Oracle Cloud Infrastructure delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's feature set?

Yes

Did Oracle Cloud Infrastructure live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Oracle Cloud Infrastructure again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Oracle Autonomous Database, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Exadata

Likelihood to Recommend

If your product is using the Oracle Database and wants to move into the Cloud, then Oracle Cloud Infrastructure would be the best option. Multi-cloud operation is today's new reality; hence, your application could run in other Cloud platforms and databases in Oracle Cloud.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for Oracle Database Services.

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure