We use Delphix as well. Oracle Database Appliance is for your data stream servers. At the same time, Delphix helps us migrate and save data. Our customers use Oracle Database Appliance for their applications. Whenever there's a requirement regarding migration, backup management, or an increase in speed, we use Delphix.

We switched to Oracle Database Appliance from the commodity server for better compatibility and performance.

We previously used Posters for a minor database. We switched because it was too small. Oracle Database Appliance is much cheaper for us to use overall. 

We have used MySQL and PostgreSQL.

We used custom-built single-server or cluster solutions. The ODA provides a high degree of standardization.

Conventional systems. Most of the time, the reasons for switching are the optimal price and the promising features.

We used to have similar databases on different servers, and we had to work through different vendors. We had different storage, then different servers, then different vendors and the backup solution was on another vendor as well. There was a lot of coordination required. It added a lot of complexity to everything. With this kind of a solution, everything is on one kind of a black box. We don't have to worry too much and the level of coordination required has dissipated.

Prior to using the appliance, we had our Oracle Database installed on a Dell server. We had some performance issues with the system, which is why we switched.

I previously used Fresh Install.

The reason for our switching is that we wanted an all-in-one solution across databases, and we need to implement an all-in-one solution for our customers' databases. This is very simplified, it's easy to use, you can be in production immediately when you buy the product. That's why we went that direction.

If you work with other companies, you often see a lot of challenges because the storage is usually separate. If they have all-in-one, the licenses are too expensive. What Oracle did was they reduced the price because we are buying their solution. They reduced the prices for the Oracle licenses.

I have not used another solution similar to Oracle Database Appliance.

Previously I was using Exadata. Our technical team was already familiar with Oracle products so that's why we choose ODA. We had a license for Oracle Database.

When selecting a vendor the main criterion is support. Oracle support is very good.

We started with Oracle. We did not use another product before that.  

Usually my customers switched to ODA because they didn’t have a full-time DBA in their organization, and they wanted an easy to use solution that can be installed and upgraded easily.

We used IBM before and migrated to Oracle Database Application due to the costs. 

We didn't use a previous solution. This solution was recommended by a consulting company because of ease of scalability and patching.

I didn't use a previous solution.

Our previous solutions were building a high availability environment for Oracle Database with blocks, server storage OS, network configuration, etc.

We have a customer who is using IBM or HPE. They are going to buy an Oracle database appliance for the scalability, installation, performance, and high available options. I think this is the reason they want to switch now. Scalability, high availability, easy installation, and good performance are the reasons to switch.

We were using IBM P series AIX, using ODA ease patching, installation and support.