Three to four guys are required for maintenance and troubleshooting.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight to nine out of ten.

I rate Oracle Database Backup Service an eight out of ten because of pricing and delayed support services.

Once the solution is in place, there's not a lot of maintenance required. We definitely have a maintenance contract with Oracle, but nothing out of the ordinary.

I would recommend Oracle Database Backup Service to users using Oracle databases.

We work with the solution as a systems integrator.

Overall, I rate Oracle Database Backup Service an eight out of ten.

Overall, I rate the solution seven out of ten.

I recommend Oracle Database Backup Service to others and rate it a nine out of ten.

It's important to do your homework and have a good understanding of how best to implement best practices. If you're just clicking next, next, next, finish, I think you're opening yourself up to a lot of problems. There are a number of different configuration parameters and different options that, from a performance and stability perspective, aren't the default. Products such as Microsoft SQL, for example, can pretty much be used in the default configuration and you can get away with it without any difficulty. With Oracle, you really need to have an understanding of what you're doing, otherwise you're asking for trouble.

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Oracle Database Backup Service is reliable and ensures important data safety. I rate it a nine out of ten. 

When ADS came in, it caused major complexities. It didn’t have a reporting tool. We had to use JasperReports or other tools. I set up the backup locally. The recovery time objective and recovery point objective are defined by the user. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

Customers will usually go for ASL, a Rack, or a Quarter Rack, then upsize to their requirements. This is a product that I recommend to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Oracle Database Backup Service a nine out of ten.

There are many fields in databases and we do many things with them. We can manage services, do backups of in-memory databases, and more.

I wouldn't recommend anything else.

I would rate Oracle Database Backup Service a nine out of ten.