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Read 5 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance reviews
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MohamedKhalifa
A highly efficient choice for deploying scalable and reliable middleware applications
Jason Wheeler
One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter
It greatly streamlined the time it took to scale out the enterprise and it completely eliminated the need for a SAN/Storage engineer, with the... Read more →
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Pros
"It has helped us to reduce Oracle licensing costs for database and applications.""Supports connection to most of network topology, such as VLAN and network segmentation.""It is scalable as the box can be increased by one compute node, if required.""You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable.""The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA."

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"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation.""One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter.""The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."

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Cons
"In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly.""The initial setup was very complex.""Patching processing takes a long time. Only one compute node is patched at a time.""OVM Manager Interface is using HTML5. It should be reconverted to be a Java interface."

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"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources""Snapshot notification would be a good addition.""In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "If you have many Oracle products, such as databases, middleware, and apps, it will help you reduce Oracle app licences and support costs."
  • "No licenses for the shipped software or firmware."
  • "It is more expensive than the normal solution or the hyper-converged system."
  • "It is relatively cost-effective."

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  • "Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."

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    What do you like most about Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
    Top Answer:The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA.
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    What needs improvement with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
    Top Answer:In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly. We believe that improvements in this aspect would contribute to… more »
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    What is your primary use case for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
    Top Answer:We use it in conjunction with OVM Oracle VM Manager to create virtual machines for diverse Oracle middleware products, including Oracle Solar, PPM, Service Bus, and Logix. Our organization heavily… more »
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    Overview

    Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, is an integrated infrastructure system engineered to enable rapid deployment of converged compute, network, and storage technologies for hosting applications or workloads on a guest OS. It is a data center-class system that provides incremental and scalable performance optimized for consolidation of mixed workloads.

    Pivot3 improves the simplicity and economics of the enterprise data-center with industry-leading hyper-converged infrastructure technology. By combining storage, compute, networking and virtualization on commodity hardware, Pivot3 provides software-defined platforms that let IT run multiple, mixed application workloads on a single infrastructure while guaranteeing performance to the applications that matter most. Pivot3’s agile infrastructure solutions extend performance, scale and efficiency across more of the data-center so customers can keep pace with the demands of modern business.

    Sample Customers
    Agnitum Information Technologies, Mediacloud, Xait AS, Atos Global Managed Services, CaixaBI, ICA AB, BT Spain, Secure-24, Xait
    SNHMC, HPD Software, The Hurlingham Club, NHS, Rochester Police Department, The Doe Run Company, 101 Casino, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Educational Organization5%
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    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is ranked 5th in Converged Infrastructure with 5 reviews while Pivot3 is ranked 26th in HCI. Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is rated 8.0, while Pivot3 is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance writes "A highly efficient choice for deploying scalable and reliable middleware applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pivot3 writes "One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter". Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is most compared with Oracle SuperCluster, Dell VxBlock System, Rackspace OpenStack, HPE ConvergedSystem and Dell PowerEdge VRTX, whereas Pivot3 is most compared with VMware vSAN.

    We monitor all Converged Infrastructure reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.