In Expectation of the New Exadata Database
April 19, 2019

In Expectation of the New Exadata Database

Olivier Ameryckx Oliva G. | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Exadata Database Machine

Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the best solution when you need to integrate several databases or you have done some acquisitions. We need to make reports every Wednesday and getting that outlook is a huge amount of data. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, we could reduce the downtime and accuracy of our database. It is used by everyone in the company and also running our Eloqua BI platforms.

The run is super easy and the performance given is one of the best in the market. Oracle could position the Exadata system as the Rolls Royce, so you could start a lower entry level and then upgrade it as you needed it. It helps us to gain performances and scalability.
  • Performance in running the database
  • Fast execution and easy to plug in
  • All in one solution
  • Scalability and upgrades
  • Allowing to run with VMware
  • Upgrade from old machine to new one. If you have an old machine, it is quite hard to upgrade them as Oracle withdraws some products after a new release. So, it is not cool for a customer who wants an upgrade but has to buy a new machine because the old one doesn’t exist anymore.
  • Mandatory installations from Oracle
  • It saves time and money when you are running all your databases on it.
  • You can reduce your cost with other machines as you can implement all your environment into it.
  • Simplify your queries and no downtime.
We selected it just from a performance perspective, and that the ROI with the Oracle Exadata Database Machine is bigger than other machines. You can run with it for at least 5 years.
Exadata is well suited for large enterprises and data integration.Not suited for SMB or non-Oracle driven databases.

It is a question of pricing. Oracle Exadata is a big machine which is not suitable for SMBs. I recommend more sparse server or Oracle Database appliance for SMBs. Enterprise companies have much more data to run, so need better performance.

In most of the cases, you can start with an entry-level machine and upgrade. But once you use Oracle Exadata Database Machine you cannot move to another machine. This is one of the best in the market. Exadata in the cloud is also a great solution.