Item: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use OCI as a means of Storage and also help with managing our MySQL databases. It allows us to run a number of containers depending on our database requirements. We also use the monitoring services for tracking performance and any alarms raised. It is useful for metrics and statistics, as well as using the mointoring service to log analyticsfor auditing purposes.

Pros and Cons

User Friendly
Simple to Use
Scalability
Reliability

Cost efficiency
Start up Guides
Ease of setup
Ease of integration

Return on Investment

Positive - More Reliability
Positive - Improve Customer Trust
Positive - Better Monitoring
Negative - More Training Time for New Users

Performance

Performs well at benchmarks runs. Had no customer complaints about performance relating to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. We have not noticed any slow down compared to other cloud systems we have used in the past. The monitoring offered by OCI is what really shines this as a product and this allows us to see the performance and adjust our database & container requirements as needed

Flexibility and Price

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a great number Customization Options of which we use only a few. These options provide flexibility when setting up our containers and also when analysis our infrastructure (for example if we need more or less containers), however this does increase the complexity for ease of use especially with new staff, but the benefits it provides; greater reliablity and monitoring, help to reduce our risks.

Alternatives Considered

AWS Cloud9, IBM Cloud Backup and Rackspace Colocation Services

OCI was the ideal place for our MySQL database and storage solutions due to customer requirements.One of the primary reasons we selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was due to its great monitoring abilities. It allows us to do extensive log analysis for auditing purposes, view the performance and see (where if atall there are any issues). It allows us to also reveal helpful stats and metrics for presentations.

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?

Would you buy Oracle Cloud Infrastructure again?

Yes

Other Software Used

MySQL, monday.com, HubSpot CRM

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for when unknown amounts of storage required. Makes it simple to manage your database infrastructure.It is also well suited for monitoring. Whether this be checking containers, having alarms setup for various alerts, Reviewing the performance of the Infrastructur, Providing logs for auditing purposes. Furthermore it provides a wide range of access controls to
restrict account access and authorization which is important for security.

Reliable Storage Infastructure

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure