Oracle Database Review
October 30, 2017
Oracle Database Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Database
Oracle Database is used primarily for permanent storage of relational application data that is supplied by its users, and for preparing reports based on that data. Oracle Database is also used to archive data, and to satisfy certain regulatory requirements to retain that data.
- Users interact with Oracle Database using applications and tools that use SQL, a widely known language that is familiar to a wide range or database administrators, developers, application support staff, and managers. Because of this fact, members are fully engaged in all aspects of application planning, development, and application management. This full engagement improves the ability of the organization to manage applications and promotes teamwork.
- Oracle Database has robust enterprise-class features, such as partitioning, Data Guard, RAC, RMAN, memory management, and diagnostics, that lead to robust, scalable applications.
- Oracle Database works well with widely accepted application programming interfaces, such as JDBC and .NET, and application development tools, such as Eclipse and SQL Developer. As a result, application development can get started quickly, and make rapid progress.
- Some Oracle customers find the licensing costs too onerous.
- Sometimes Oracle Customer Support is unable to identify the root cause of a problem, or a fix.
- Some customers who continue to modify applications that are running on an obsolete version encounter bugs that are difficult to get assistance with.
- By using Oracle Database, you can develop applications that will scale.
- Customers who use Oracle Database can hire developers and administrators from a large, competitive labor pool that is available in all markets.
- By building reliable applications with Oracle Database, customer experience is improved, and customers are retained.
Oracle Database tends to be a more mature product, with a complete set of SQL syntax, including partitioning, a compiled language (PL/SQL), and fully developed resiliency features, such as Data Guard, RAC, and backups.