Oracle Database Initial Setup
MustansirManasawala
Information Technology Manager at TK Elevator
The product's initial setup phase was very easy. There are no real challenges in the setup phase, as it is a sophisticated product.
For the product's deployment phase, if you have your operating system ready, you can decide whether you want to put Oracle Database in Microsoft or Linux, after which you need to make the prerequisites available for JRE or Microsoft's .NET platform. Once the prerequisites are in place, you can download a suitable VM, and the deployments can be done.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
There is no need for a team to take care of the deployment and maintenance of the product since the tool is well-documented and a lot of information is available in it. In the past, the deployment and maintenance of the product used to be a bit tough. Over a period of time, the deployment and maintenance of the product have become quicker and easier.
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Satishbabu Gunukula, Oracle ACE
Works
The product is easy to set up - except for the high availability features, which are difficult to implement.
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Vikas Dixit
IT Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
All is easy, given that you must know what are you using it for.
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Oracle Database
April 2024
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Paul Stearns
President at Advance Consulting Enterprise
Its initial installation and setup have become better. You can set up something fairly easily these days. If you need to do anything that is not straight out of the box, figuring out how to do it is not easy. If you want to just set up your average everyday database, you can get it up and running with a few mouse clicks.
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Emmanuel Morka
Head, Database Administrators at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
The difficulty of the initial setup varies. It depends on the company and who is setting it up. The truth of the matter is that you need a little bit of experience to be able to manage Oracle. That is why not every Database Administrator that does it for Oracle is a specialist in running it on a Unix level environment. Once you are able to get to that level, there is a pretty good graphical user interface that brings you through the selection process. You need SPS to do some form of tuning.
Were paid to set up the solution appropriately. We try to mitigate any performance issues and to lay out the parameters. You really need to look at memory and to look at your LGA to have a successful implementation. It all requires quite a bit of knowledge. You can't just be experienced in databases; you need to be experienced specifically in Oracle. In that sense, overall, it's not too straightforward.
To deploy the solution, the amount of time also depends on a lot of factors, including the person's experience with Oracle, and the company's overall requirements. With my experience, I can do it within a few hours.
For deployment, you would need a small team to assist in the process. You must always ensure the continuity of the business, so it's smart to not just rely on one person. If your database has two terabytes of data, you'll need a solid team with a minimum of five people on it. That way, everything is managed competently and everything is proactively monitored. For the bank, we have a team of 15 people managing the entire database for the group.
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Craig Domanski
Infrastructure Manager at Lactanet
It was a very big undertaking. We moved from an IBM mainframe. With regards to Oracle, the set up was, I would say, easy, however, when you're building a database, there's a lot of things to think of. That's not really the database's problem. You have to think of and plan out your table structure. You have to think of how you're going to set up your database.
The deployment happened 20 years ago. It was a very big project. The implementation took a year to migrate our existing data into an Oracle database. It went well, although it did take about a year to implement.
You need about five people to handle maintenance on the solution.
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Sumeet Zalpuri
Data engineer at ASR Nederland N.V.
We have a team of 10 to 12 members to deploy and maintain the solution.
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reviewer1063128
Digital System Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
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Deepak Nandal
SAM Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Installing Oracle Database is pretty simple, and Oracle also provides a starter database, which will allow you to evaluate whether you meet the specifications or not. Then you can go ahead and deploy the other features and management packs.
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PeterKrall
Freelance Software Engineer + Director of a company at Peter Krall Consulting
I am not the one who does the database administration and installation.
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reviewer2239944
Senior Infrastructure Lead at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
The product's installation is difficult compared with other solutions since it can't support other platforms making the installation complicated.
The PoC phase to deploy the tool on-premises will take at least one week.
The solution is deployed on an AWS cloud.
Around two or three people were needed for installation.
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Chris Chris
Group Head, Internal Controls & Compliance at Glico Group Ltd.
I rate the tool's deployment an eight out of ten. We have deployed it on the cloud but have our backups on-prem. The setup and maintenance took around six months initially, with ongoing maintenance afterward. Since it was some time ago, I can't recall the exact details, but from initiation to finishing, it was approximately six months due to the various stages of software implementation.
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Tushar Rahatekar
Sr. Systems Analyst at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees
The Initial setup is tough. It's not a common off-the-shelf product. It's a very highly engineered product that caters to billions of records every year. As a result, you need a qualified person to do the installation.
It can take a whole day for the installation.
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Chinthake Ranasinghe
Chief Information Officer at Cjp
Its deployment is quite complex, and it should be made simpler.
Its maintenance is minimal. You only need to take care of database patches, and you need to always follow up and update it on time. Other than that, when you configure it with the backup and all those things and automate, you don't need to worry much about the maintenance.
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Lakshman Nimmakayala
Enterprise Cloud Architect at UBS Financial
We haven't had a problem with the initial setup. It's very simple and straightforward.
I haven't installed it in recent times, however, from what I recall, the actual production upgrade took us probably less than four hours.
Currently, the database team is around 40 or more people from engineering and from operations. It's a full database engineering and operations team so it's covering other databases as well - such as DB2 and SQL and Cassandra and other databases. You can take three to six engineers and have them handle deployment and maintenance, although everyone works on other things.
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reviewer1715652
Technical Specialist at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
I did the setup, and it was fairly easy. I have been doing it over the last 17 years.
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Prajith Chowthee
Independent Consultant at Unaikui
The initial setup was straightforward and took a couple of weeks. You can set up a new instance, import/export databases, or a new blank database. For on-premise, we use Jenkins. We set it up for the cloud so we can receive alerts using Jenkins or any other suitable tool.
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RaviKasibhatla
Chief Executive Officer CEO at IT CROWD S.A.S
If you want to get Oracle Database on the cloud, it's very simple. It's a question of having the necessary information like the database name and the other things that you want to come together at during initial setup. The database deployment on Oracle cloud is very straightforward. It's maybe a couple of clicks and it gives some information.
Regarding Oracle Database setup on-premise, the documentation is very good. People who have worked with Oracle Databases for a couple of years know the standard for deploying databases, the operating system requirements, and all of those things. It's really straightforward. It's so standardized that there is nothing more that you need to know. It's not NASA science.
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Eva Kimathi
ERP Database Administrator at PSKENYA
The initial setup of Oracle Database is straightforward, it was easy. The migration from an older version was not a problem at all, and it took under one hour.
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Emmanuel FOMUDE
Senior Oracle Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The installation is straightforward, but you need to have technical abilities. I maintain the system myself because I installed it myself. For deployment and maintenance, we have two or three administrators.
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reviewer1524876
Developer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is not exactly straightforward. Real-life Oracle installation is very complex and a regular non-proficient person can hardly do that. I am not an Oracle DBA, however, many years ago I was an Oracle DBA. I don't have the certification. However, when I tried to install Oracle on a cluster of Linux machines to do some cleaning, it took me several weeks. I had to go through Oracle documentation, and I was trying and failing. Finally, I made it work, however, it was really difficult. Even for me, with so much knowledge of the system, Oracle installation is really difficult. Years from now, likely nobody will be doing it at all. Everybody will be using Oracle cloud instead.
We have quite a few people maintaining the solution, as we are a sizable organization.
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Noor Parkar
Sr. System and Storage Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees
The solution's initial setup isn't as straightforward as it could be. It's an aspect that could be adjusted.
If a company has all the prerequisites and all of the deployment considerations on hand, the deployment time is about one hour. It shouldn't take too long.
We have two administrators on our team that are capable of handling any maintenance that may be required.
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Omar Al-Qaysie
Senior Chief Engineer at ministry of electricity
The initial setup was not really so straightforward. It's actually rather complex.
There are two ways to start with Oracle. You can go in by yourself and try to learn as you go or you can study a bit at an institute or school so that you can get pretty comfortable with the product. If you have some knowledge, there's less of a learning curve during installation.
MuhammadFurqan
Senior consaltant at System Limited
The initial setup is neither easy nor complex.
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JohnMitchell
jmitchell@natbankmw.com at NBM
It is complex, but it is doable. Our people were trained to do it and had the money to do it.
Its deployment did take long. We started the programming processes around August, and it went live only at the end of January.
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reviewer1549332
Head of Department at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
When we purchase a server, it is another team that installs Oracle. After this, we create the database schema inside of Oracle.
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it_user436020
Lead Oracle Database Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
It's the most mature Oracle product, so setting up the RDBMS was straightforward.
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reviewer1489539
General Manager (IT/MIS) at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup, for the cloud implementation, is very straightforward. Companies won't have any issues with the deployment.
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Prasad Bagaregari
Enterprise Analytics at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is very straightforward, and Oracle Database is very easy to use.
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Sr. Database Consultant at IGT
Setup is never straightforward. It's a pretty complex piece. I have actually overseen it, but it's mainly the database administrators, the DBAs, who actually worked on it. They do come back and work closely with us architects and engineers, in terms of how to best configure the infrastructure.
I wouldn't say that it is straightforward, but at the same time, it's been done so many times, there are so many use cases to fall back on. I'm pretty sure that if you get stuck somewhere, you will get the knowledge base, go back and get past that issue that you're facing at that moment.
It's all down to being so evolved. Oracle has been around for a while, so you have those benefits.
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Jeremy Lee
Principal Consultant at SandFil International
The initial setup is quite simple. We mostly use the installation pack and code pack. Our setup includes a script center, shell scripts, and commercial Java courses.
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Mpho Morake
Group CEO at Mmusi Group
The initial setup was straightforward. It doesn't take long once you have the server. I would say it takes a maximum of five minutes to implement this solution. We have five technical people to deploy and maintain this database solution.
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reviewer1382364
Business Development Director at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
The setup of the Oracle database for an ERP system is generally quite simple. There are specific installation steps that are completely scripted by the ERP system, so you simply have to do everything the documentation asks you to do, and that's all. There's nothing special or super difficult about it and we are generally able to install a database within a day.
Kopano Ramaphoi
Consultant at SmartCloud
The initial setup is quite easy. In part, it is easy depending on the scope of the project. Maybe it's different for each project. For example, if you need to set up a rec, you need to know what is required, because this is a single database.
It took a few hours to deploy.
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reviewer1782720
Technical Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The implementation of the Oracle Database can be a lengthy process. It is not difficult, but it can take a lot of time.
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AhmedElbadry
NMS Service Automation & RPA Technical Lead at Vodafone
I cannot speak to the implementation process. I'm not sure how easy or difficult the setup is as I did not handle any aspect of it.
That said, if I have the manual and steps for installation, I can install it.
We have three people on staff that can handle maintenance. They're all engineers.
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Roger Mujica
Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
We have to plan to simplify the setup, as it includes integration. The traditional infrastructure needs to adapt to the new technology, and Oracle introduces extra data into the mix. You have to establish if the project is small, large, or medium. This means the system is designed for the size of the customer or project.
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Arief Gunawan
Product manager at Metrodata Electronics Tbk PT
The deployment and activation process is similar to other cloud providers. The cloud deployment takes around 45 hours because you need to activate the services after Oracle provisions the services. After a customer orders for the cloud, Oracle provisions the services. The service is ready maybe in a week. Oracle sends us an email to activate the services.
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Maurice Aelion
Senior DBA & IT Consultant at MA Consulting
Setup has become easier and easier with Oracle. It used to be a bit complicated in the beginning, but with the new versions, while you still need a bit of knowledge, it’s quite doable to install it and manage it.
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BINH NGUYEN THAI
IT Project Manager at Nong San Sach online
The tool's deployment is not complicated and takes 20 minutes to one hour to complete. It maintenance is not hard and requires only one to two resources.
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Software Architeture at Enformatik Yazılım Bilgi Teknolojileri Mühendislik Ltd.
We need four people to deploy the product.
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Adil Fouari
Oracle Applications Consultant at ASAM Conseil Inc
This solution is straightforward. It's good on the database side but I think SAP is taking over now. It's moving faster than Oracle. Even when it comes to the application side, people go to SAP and will sometimes move from Oracle to SAP. I've noticed that a lot in the last five years.
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reviewer1034394
Deputy General Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
While the solution used to be quite complex and difficult, now they have improved it. It's easier. That said, I can say it is still on the complex side.
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reviewer1161609
System Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
I cannot comment on the initial installation, as it is handled by the Database Administrator, not I. He possesses the skill to install the solution and has never mentioned any issues with this. Perhaps my colleagues would be in a position to give a more comprehensive answer.
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reviewer1593516
Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is a bit complex because we need to define rules and permissions for each and every user's perspective. The initial setup took us a bit to put everything in place.
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Pedro Simoes
Senior System Administrator / CyberSecurity Analist / SQL Server DBA at Glintt
The initial setup is more complex than SQL Server. SQL Server is very easy to set up and log in. Oracle is a little more complicated.
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Kevin Honde
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
Its installation requires someone who actually knows the database setup, such as an Oracle DBA. For a production system, you would need an experienced person.
You first need to set up the environment such as servers, storage, etc. It might take you two days to set up the environment. The installation of the database might take you a day or two depending on the features that you want to add. If it is just a straightforward database, it would normally take a day. If you want to do partitioning and replication, it would take another two or three days.
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reviewer2380635
Storage Solutions Expert at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is neither easy nor complex. With DB experience and product support, it is quite easy. It would be complex for a new guy.
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reviewer1089354
System/Security Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It is very straightforward. It takes about three or four hours.
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Santosh Kurakula
Group DWH and BI Senior Manager at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa
While I can still query the database and then access it, I was never involved in deployment or installation.
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reviewer1656567
Project Lead Performance Engineer & Automation at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
The installation was not a good experience it took a lot of time.
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reviewer1488372
Associate Manager at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
It was pre-installed. We were given virtual machines for our team, and we are able to just access it through them. We get the user id and password, and we just install that ODBC driver and easily connect to it.
We don't have any rights to install such solutions. We just raise a request for installation. We don't have any authority to install or configure anything. For its deployment and maintenance, there is no need for a technical team because it is pre-installed, and we just use it. No support is required for this, and there is no need for a technical team.
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Edward Onyango
Database administrator at OS Labs
Setting up Oracle Database was straightforward.
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TanveerAmir
Head of Data Management Section at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The initial setup is straightforward. It's easy.
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Muhammad Asif Ashraf
Technical Development Lead at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
While I did not actually implement the solution, I don't see where there would be any problem with the solution.
We have a technical team of 20 to 30 people who can handle deployment and maintenance.
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ERP Database Administrator at PSKENYA
The installation was easy, we had a lot of documentation. We installed the solution on Red Hat Linux and there were sufficient documents informing us on what to expect, hot to install it, and what to set up before you install. The install was seamless.
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reviewer1442025
Senior Database Administrator Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The installation is straightforward. We have both on-premises and cloud-based deployments.
The amount of time required for deployment depends on whether it is a single instance. This time of installation may take 30 minutes. Our installation scripts make it easy to do.
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MahmoudMohamed1
Senior Data Engineer at Tatweer Educational Technologies Company - TETCO
The initial setup is complex.
I rate the initial setup two out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.
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Arsen Ghulyan
Deputy Director of Digital Banking at IDBank
The installation is easy for a person who knows how to do it and for a person who is not familiar with this kind of tool it is difficult. However, generally, it is okay for me because I have worked with a DBA before.
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reviewer1510626
Web Developer at a government with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is not complex or difficult. It's straightforward and pretty easy to set up.
If you are experienced it is an easy task for you, however, it is a process. We have to check every step. If we've done something wrong in any step, then the whole installation process will be for nothing. New errors will come up. We have to document everything and we have to have the requirements clearly laid out. I've learned the hard way that you cannot take shortcuts.
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reviewer1491816
Senior Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Until version 11g, I didn't face any problem. You can completely set it up in about two hours. I tried version 12c installation once, and it was slightly different than earlier versions. Oracle Database has worked well from version 8 to version 11. These versions have the same type of things, but I faced some difficulty with version 12c, but that could be because we are not used to it. I need to go through it properly.
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reviewer1439427
Delivery Head IT & IS at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
It was very easy to install. It takes around two hours. This is a production database, so there have been a lot of validations. We do a lot of pre validations and post validations.
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Co Founder & Executive Director at SatyaMoksh Inc.
Because I'm a technical person and I have experience as a database administrator, the initial setup was pretty simple for me. The support was amazing and we didn't have huge roadblocks. If anything happened, such as issues with plugins, Oracle just gave us a patch.
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Anup Babu Shrestha
Technical Manager - Enterprise Application at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
Deploying Oracle Database is easy for me because I have so many years of experience. The team needed for deployment depends on the project. I had a team of 10 software developers for the core banking system, but we used a six-person crew for one of the government projects, including the front-end developer and documentation experts.
We have a team of four certified Oracle Database admins providing support. What I call EMC is something that provides software upgrade solutions, security passes, and everything, but the customer also needs some local support for creating the VR side to back up the client's data and other daily maintenance. We provide this type to banking and government customers in Nepal.
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reviewer1367268
Enterprise Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup of the Oracle Database was straightforward.
If Oracle Database was for a new customer or a new installation, I'm not sure, how difficult it is since we have been doing the implementation for approximately 30 years. For us, it's very easy. We are used to the software.
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reviewer1206861
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
The installation was simple.
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reviewer1715586
Professor at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
We were able to take advantage of a two-week POC to allow our technical team to become comfortable with the database. From here, it took just two to four weeks to deploy it to the mainstream and set up the whole system via data transfer.
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VishalGoyal
Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
This is a very, very vast database, and it offers a lot of architecture. We can go for grid architecture or rack architecture. We can go for the long architecture or we can go with a simple standalone database. Depending on what an organization wants, we can adapt. However, the implementation also depends on what you want or your organization wants. If you're looking for very complex data centers, for example, having one of the primary databases running in London, and your secondary database or DR site running in Singapore, and both are running on a different rack, you can do that, however, the setup process will be unique to you. There isn't a standard time it takes. It offers a lot of flexibility. Obviously, if you go for the high scalability, high availability, all those features, which are provided by Oracle, then it becomes slightly complex, and we need a dedicated team to handle all those setups.
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VarunMohta
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The Oracle Database setup is not complex. The rack setup used to require a lot of specialized knowledge about how to set it up, but it has been simplified. For deployment, we create and execute, which takes about three to four hours.
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reviewer1616118
PCI DSS Program Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
While it depends on the testing scenarios, depends on the application that we're going to serve, and depends on the hardware you're using, it's not hard. I wouldn't describe the process as complex.
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Florent ADODO
IT Assistant at Hotel 2 Fevrier
The initial setup is fine, it took about a day for deployment and some extra time for configuration. We use it for the hotel and that requires creating rooms, codes, things like that. It depends what you need to do. We were able to deploy the solution ourselves but for specific tasks you need support.
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ERP Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's easy.
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Programmer Analyst Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Initial setup was complex; it's very complex work.
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Manager of Oracle Technology/DevOpsManager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's not that easy to migrate and you can get stuck. It depends on the level of experience, but if it's for a fresh migration, it's fairly complex. Once you get the hang of it, though, it's not that difficult.
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KaranDamania
System Admin at First Capitol Bank
The deployment is kind of straightforward, but there are things that are not straightforward. For example, if you are on AIX, it's a lot to do before installing.
Doing all the work manually, I believe it takes three to four people to maintain Oracle Database.
I also have Oracle Cloud Backup. It took me one week to figure out how to implement it, but that was two years ago. Now the documentation is much better.
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reviewer1027761
Head Of Information Technology at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup is very straightforward.
I'm very comfortable with Oracle as well, so for me, it was very, very convenient. I can't speak to the end-user or a user with the lower skillset in terms of their capabilities of setting it up. However, if you have some experience with Oracle, it's not bad.
The deployment only takes 45 minutes to an hour. It doesn't take long.
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Florent NOPOUDEM
Senior Database Administrator at ITGStore
The installation does not take long. They have provided a simplified edition on the hardware and database of the latest version of Oracle Database Appliance, a product I have recently installed. It is quite user friendly and makes things easier than has been the case in the last five years. With the improved installation, the solution is now easy to install.
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Anand Sanghvi
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup was fine. It was not a challenge.
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reviewer1264416
Domain architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It depends on how it is being deployed. For example, if you have multiple designs and you are deploying it on their engineered systems then it's not complex. But if you are running it on a traditional hardware system then it is slightly complex.
I don't know how long it would take to deploy on the monitoring systems, but on the engineering systems, it would take two to three hours.
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Alain Orlanes
Manager at WSI
The setup is taken care of and maintained by the IT and administration.
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Ricardo Tinga
Head of IT Division at Industrial Property Institute
At the beginning, I may have found it a bit tricky, and other new users might too. At this point, after a number of years, I don't think it's too difficult. However, it may be because I'm used to the system. Those coming at it completely new may find it a bit complex.
The initial setup is quite quick. For us, it didn't take more than an hour or so. It was probably less than that.
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Oracle DBA at Roketsan Missiles Inc.
I myself installed the RAC database. I migrated from the old system to the new system with RMAN. We used the Oracle recovery tool to install the RAC and migrate our data to the new RAC system.
For those parts, to be honest, Oracle Database requires more effort than the other databases. It is a little complex. You have to know what you are doing. With RMAN, recovery, backup and restore - those kinds of operations - are a little bit more difficult than with other databases. You need slightly more manpower to run an Oracle database than the other databases.
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IT Manager / Chapter Lead for DEV Content BE at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The last time I set it up was a long time ago. As far as I remember, it was straightforward. It was just, Next, Next, Next and that was it. I don't remember whether there was filling out a lot of fields. I was only putting it on a development machine. I didn't put it in production. That was someone else. Even if something crashed, I could just do it again without any problems.
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Manager, Database and Security at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I thought that the upgrades were fairly easy. I've done a few and it's fairly spelled out as there is a lot of knowledge base around out there. If you do run into problems, which I found going from 7 to 8 to 9 to 10 to 11, the fixes have been fairly easy. I expect going from 11 to 12 that they will be easy as well.
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Database Admin at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is intuitive, though I can't say it's necessarily easy. It's just that I've been doing it for several years now.
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Victor Hugo Morales Vivas
Jefe de Infraestructura y Servicios de TI at Grupo ASD
The initial setup of Oracle Database is simple.
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Mudasir Shafi
Testing Lead at Enstoa
It is straightforward. We have no problems with it. It takes three to four hours.
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reviewer936300
Director Of Sales Marketing at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Installation is straightforward. Total deployment takes three or four days. In most cases, you need help from an Oracle engineer to deploy. In terms of scalability and duplication, Oracle Database can be tricky, so you'll need an Oracle engineer most of the time. At our company, most of the employees have the necessary experience to maintain and operate Oracle Database.
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reviewer1620885
Vice President & Head of IT Governance at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Although I wasn't present for the initial setup, I believe it doesn't take much time.
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reviewer1598736
IT Project Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
The initial setup wasn't complex, but it wasn't simple either — it's in between.
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Senior Oracle Database Administrator at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I actually found that the earlier versions of RDBMS were actually easier to set up, so I've been working with the Oracle product right from Oracle 7, and I obviously will in 12c. I find now in 12c, I would expected laying out Oracle Database to become easier, but I actually think it's a little bit more complicated now in these later versions. I can categorically say that the joining up with the Oracle agent between RDBMS and Oracle Enterprise Manager is an extremely complicated process. When we were on TNG before we'd done any upgrades, the agent to get the database to talk to Enterprise Manager was a really, really simple thing to do. In fact, right now it's extremely complicated.
View full review »it_user431076
Lead Database Administrator (DBA) at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oracle is a complex product, there is no way around that. Compared to Microsoft SQL Server, which can be installed with a few mouse clicks, Oracle takes planning, preparation and significantly more time and expertise.
View full review »it_user417087
Data Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup was pretty straightforward.
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reviewer1788699
Managing Director at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
The initial setup for Oracle Database was straightforward.
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Irad Dukad
IT Manager at ducart
The initial setup is complex.
It can take up to 48 hours.
KopanoRamaphoi
Consultant at Rpc Data
On-prem deployments take quite a long time. However, depending on what you want to achieve, it could go faster. Either you are doing the direct installation, which takes time, or you are doing a cloud deployment, and on the cloud, it takes less than five minutes to deploy. It's very, very fast.
We have about five people on our technical team that can handle deployment and maintenance tasks.
View full review »NM
reviewer1494180
Oracle Application Database Administrator at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is not complex. it's very straightforward. A company shouldn't have any issues with the implementation process. It's very easy.
We have our own team that handles the maintenance as necessary.
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Gustavo Gutiérrez
Consultant Peoplesoft at NYS Consultoria
The deployment and setup can take up to 6 months to be operational. It takes a very long time for our needs.
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Yasin Bin Wasim
Information Security Engineer at a security firm with 11-50 employees
You need to have prior knowledge to install Oracle Database. The deployment took three to four hours.
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reviewer1458435
DBA Dept. Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
We have done hundreds of installations. Some of them are quick, whereas others take a long time. There is no one answer as to how easy or difficult it is to set up.
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David Gubly
DBA Team Leader at Hadassah Medical Organisation (HMO)
It is not so straightforward, but it is not so complex.
View full review »it_user436206
Oracle Applications DBA/UNIX SA at a agriculture with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup should be pretty straightforward, and it was for us. However, you should know what you're doing to have a successful setup. You should get training if you don't have experience.
View full review »it_user419334
Senior Principal Production Support Engineer at Intelsat
I was involved in the setup of it 25 years ago and it was a transition to Unix at the time. I can't say it was that straightforward, but It was also not unexpectedly complicated.
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Amgad Ismail
Department head of gas projects design at ENPPI
Oracle is easy to deploy.
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reviewer929742
System support engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is straightforward and simple. The deployment takes a maximum of one and a half to two hours. It's not difficult.
We only have and need one person for deployment and maintenance tasks.
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AlaaMedhat
Technical Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's very straightforward.
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Muammer öztürk
Software Development Manager at gama
Oracle Database is easy to install. I have never come across a big problem during these 20 years.
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Ayman Said
Deputy IT Manager at ICAPP (Americana Group)
The initial setup is complex.
View full review »it_user219420
Technical Project Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup was complex because of the odd way the application used the database, the application vendor's conversion tools, and our stringent requirements.
View full review »it_user419319
Senior Principal Consultant at BroadPoint, Inc.
Although I don't do setups anymore myself, I found it very easy and straightforward.
View full review »it_user419178
Sr Enterprise Database Admin at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
It's very easy and straightforward to set up.
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Christian Niembs
Management Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Oracle Database is more complex than any other database that I have installed so far. On a scale of one to five, with one being the worst and five being the best, I'm rating the initial setup for this solution a three.
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Lawrence Katuruza
Systems Administrator at Dairibord
The installation is very straightforward. I have no complaints. We did it ourselves and it didn't take much time. I think we've done it three times and you can install it in a day or two. We've also done upgrades along the way.
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BayramGuldibi
Technical Systems Support Manager at a hospitality company with 201-500 employees
SQL Server's installation is considerably easier than that of Oracle Database.
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reviewer1715061
DGM Data Centre at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is very straightforward.
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reviewer1562280
Lead - Cloud Engineering at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The initial setup is not complex or difficult. It's very straightforward and easy to implement. A company shouldn't have too many issues with the process.
We have a team of two that are able to handle the deployment and maintenance aspects. You don't need a lot of people to watch over it.
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reviewer1498107
Oracle DBA at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup isn't straightforward. It's a bit complex.
With the setup of it, you need operating system people, whether it be Linux or Windows or whatever operating system, and they need to be coordinating with you. Usually, we're just putting the software on top of an operating system. However, with this, it's just not something that you can just throw out there. You need to have some preparation done, whether it be a VM or a piece of metal.
In implementing the product, the product has gotten simpler to implement over time. Whether you choose to use the cloud or whether you choose to have it on-premises, it has gotten simpler to install. However, that doesn't mean that there isn't preparation that you need to do in regards to the operating system and having everything ready for it.
We have two DBAs, myself and another person. As far as mainline support, we have a couple of units admins that manage the VMs and the hardware that we still have at the moment. And we have some Windows admins, which help with the web interface to the database with the application.
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reviewer1449669
Divisional Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I don't set it up, but from what I know, it is not very difficult.
View full review »it_user522111
ERP Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The setup gets complex sometimes, when you don't use the products that are supported. If I used REL, versus Oracle Linux, you get no support on Oracle Linux, rather than REL.
We couldn't go for Oracle Linux, because we have everything on REL. That took time to setup.
View full review »it_user522033
Oracle Exadata /Oracle 12c Multi-Tenant/Oracle Golden Gate Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Upgrading it is not easy, because application to application could be different architecture. Before upgrading to 12c, we have to go into QA and development, from us to QA and development. Once that is successful, you can go ahead with production. Until now, out of six databases, we have upgraded to 12c on one platform; it was smooth.
View full review »it_user473751
Manager Database Administration at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Installation is pretty simple and user friendly.
View full review »it_user347580
Principal Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup is relatively straightforward, but as a new product in the market the support community is not very evolved so only a few organizations possess any real product knowledge.
View full review »it_user412296
Senior Oracle DBA/Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
It's a very complex product, and it takes a lot of skill and experience to implement it. It's a lot easier now, but back then it was like 75 floppy disks for setup.
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Edgar Orare
Senior Systems Engineer at Dimension Data
The initial setup of the Oracle Database is straightforward. However, it does require some skills and knowledge. The process takes approximately two hours.
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ZelalemGedefie
Senior System Administrator at Debre Markos University
The solution is easy to install, although I don't recall how long this took.
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Mohamed_Farouk
Information Technology Manager at OrchidaSoft
While I don't have much personal experience, my understanding is that the initial setup isn't too difficult. It's pretty simple and straightforward.
In our organization, we don't use Oracle, aside from in labs. We use Oracle in our labs just for testing and connectivity. We have versions of Oracle in our labs and other SQL devices.
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Ossama Benaziz
Operations Director at ALTERSIS Performance
The installation is quite straightforward. As long as you follow the proper process, there is no problem with it. Typically, it takes three or four hours to deploy.
For security aspects, our customers prefer an on-premises deployment over a cloud-based one.
View full review »it_user420792
Senior Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
An external consultant was hired for the setup and there was no trouble with the database setup. The legacy application needed a bit extra setting up to get it to run properly with Oracle, but that was not the fault of Oracle.
View full review »it_user419082
IT Specialist at US Census Bureau
It's pretty easy to install. The installation process has improved remarkably since the 80's when I started working with it. It wasn't friendly then, but it's very easy for me now. You just push a couple buttons and move through. If you know what you're doing, you can do it with defaults set up on a basic Oracle Database.
Now if you want to do something a little more complex, like Grid or clustering, you need to take some specialized training.
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reviewer1829532
Senior Developer Individual Contributor at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The basic initial setup was straightforward, but a professional would be required if the solution needed to be fine-tuned.
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ABDURRAHIM
Deputy Manager - Radio Frequency Planning at X-Net Ltd.
The initial setup of the Oracle Database is user-friendly. The process did not take long to complete.
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reviewer1471128
Data Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Depending on the product used, the installation time can vary. The installation was easy and straightforward. The supplied instructional documentation for install is clear to follow.
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reviewer1468959
Oracle Database Administrator at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Now after many years it's straightforward.
With the many different environments, it can get complicated at times.
When there are too many operations systems with too many hardware platforms, such as HP-UX, Solaris, UNIX, and Windows.
It's common at times to have some issues, but it's not something that can't be resolved.
View full review »it_user457482
Team Leader at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees
It is not complex, but you need to be aware of the best practices provided by Oracle. Therefore, I recommend to read the official documentation before starting a new Oracle installation. Also, be informed of the known issues using My Oracle Support.
View full review »it_user521907
Senior Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
They have developed automated systems. You don’t do anything. Basically, you turn it on and it brings up all of your stuff. It's easy to use.
View full review »it_user521796
Associate Director at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
The upgrades are straightforward. I haven't seen any issues. It has been getting better, especially with these newer versions; especially with 11g and 12c. Of course, with 12c, it's much better.
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DB Admin with 5,001-10,000 employees
Although the setup itself is not significantly different, we needed a little consideration to configure multitenant designs, such as security settings and operation design.
View full review »it_user435033
Vice Director of IT Department at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup steps are very straightforward and clearly set out in the documentation.
View full review »it_user419052
Lead Oracle / Peoplesoft DBA at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
I found setup to be complicated depending on how it's to be used. For us, it was complicated but we knew what we were doing.
View full review »it_user98628
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup was certainly complex, specifically from the application standpoint. We had deployed many new modules that Oracle Application 11i offered in their version 11.5.4. These products had significant impact on database performance. There were also many customizations in the application system. It took us almost 6 months to establish consistently performing system environment.
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reviewer1314546
Senior Systems Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It was easy to install. It took less than an hour.
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reviewer1360377
Business Development Manager of Storage Systems at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup is straightforward. One or two of our engineers handled it and it took about 15 to 30 minutes. One person would even be enough.
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reviewer940044
Senior Manager -Datacenter Planning and Operations at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have done a lot of Oracle Database installations, and we are pretty familiar with it. So, it's easy for us.
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reviewer966384
CIO at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is quite straightforward but it requires a professional Oracle database administrator who is an in-house employee.
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reviewer1505100
Deputy Head of ICT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup was very straightforward. We have a server administrator and database administrator who monitor the solution. We have over 3,000 users in our company.
it_user521772
Vice President, Global Technology at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It was complex. It was all set up but it is very complex. Day in, day out, it's very complex work.
View full review »it_user522093
DBA at CSG
Upgrading is not an issue. As long as our application is supporting the upgrade. We can upgrade from 11g to 12c without any issues.
But we have seen issues where we are upgrading our databases from 8i or 9i to 12c. Those versions are still not very compatible with 12c.
View full review »it_user521847
Territory Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The setup was easy. I think it's easy to follow the steps to get it done.
View full review »it_user75741
IT Admin at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup was complex. There was a limitation regarding access to the product, because of sanctions on Iran.
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President & Founder at OraPub, Inc.
You always have to be careful about stability when applying patches. A patch could fix one thing but hurt something else, so you really have to be conscientious and do your homework first.
View full review »it_user436107
Sr DBA at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup was straightforward, but maybe I'm so experienced that I don't have many issues with it. A new DBA may have a different view of the setup. I would suggest, however, that Oracle should develop a feature in Database that lets you know which products you have a license for and which ones you don't during the setup.
View full review »it_user436155
DBA at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Database was already set up when I joined, but I haven't heard that it was particularly complex.
View full review »it_user417105
Director of IT at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
The complexity of the initial setup depends. The patch releases have been simple: you download, you install, and it works fine. There have been no issues that we've run into there. The major upgrades, however, I think with the new 12.102, they've made some changes in it, so we're still trying to figure that one out.
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reviewer977673
CIO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup is straightforward. It's an easy installation.
The way we deploy services and project infrastructures in the cloud and on-premises differs.
We are deploying Oracle for large systems. We are aware that our customers have large Oracle systems.
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Reviewer258
Sales Manager at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup is easy.
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SAMUELMWANGI
Director at Calidad Systems Limited
For someone who has used Oracle, before it's easy.
We have a DBA and our technical team of six who maintain this solution.
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reviewer1162305
Data Center Operations Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is not very straightforward. The Oracle manual is complex and the steps involved are not so easy to explain. The initial process and configuration can be tricky.
The deployment itself took about half a day or so.
The maintenance is pretty easy. It doesn't take up a lot of time.
View full review »it_user1026435
Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup was straightforward. The challenge comes with performance tuning, where you need more experience.
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reviewer898881
Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup was really complicated and complex. We always use our partner for installation and then we prepare and analyze install scenarios. Then we go through the approval process and start with the installation. I believe the process is complex and complicated when you have a large database. For smaller users, it will be simple, but for most production data, this process is rather complicated.
View full review »it_user522009
Database Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Setup is straightforward, but it requires some knowledge. Otherwise, it will turn out to be complex. It's not like anyone can do it. You have to know what you're doing. That involves training and knowledge transfer.
View full review »it_user521862
Oracle DBA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We did the initial setup ourselves. We have a huge framework in which we did the complete setup. We installed the clusters. It was not straightforward. For such as huge company like ours, it’s not straightforward. There are too many management processes around and too many specialties in the company.
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Programmer at Royal Oman Police
Other teams perform the initial setup. It goes smoothly but we do have problems, as I’ve mentioned; sometimes we have difficulty with Windows. We need to install it many times. Sometimes, we need to reformat the PCs, and reinstall Windows.
View full review »it_user435990
DBA Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I performed the full setup myself but winged the rest. I had problems with the patches even though the upgrade installation went well. I spoke with DBA's in other companies and they had no problems with the patches. I still haven't come up with a solution.
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reviewer1728396
Group Lead at a security firm with 1-10 employees
The setup is fine, but it depends on many factors.
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reviewer1662204
IT Manager at a construction company with 1-10 employees
Installing Oracle Database is straightforwad.
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reviewer1004295
Manager, Special Projects at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Oracle is a large implementation, especially in Oracle Enterprise Edition. Oracle provide good support for implementations, however.
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reviewer1279539
Systems Analyst at a logistics company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup is very simple. It's not complex at all. To deploy it only took about one hour. It's quite quick and easy.
It's a very good application. Once we installed it and it started running, we haven't needed to perform regular maintenance on it and we haven't faced any issues. We installed it four or five years ago. It's been a long time and it's been in perfect working order since we launched it. The solution is seamless.
it_user521568
Principal Software Architect at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
I was not involved in the initial setup. I'm more of an end user of the database.
View full review »it_user436125
Lead Product Dev at a tech company
The initial setup was done before I started my current position.
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reviewer807690
Principal Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The installation is straightforward.
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reviewer1192818
Data Scientist at a insurance company with 11-50 employees
The deployment of the database takes approximately two hours.
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Anvar Zhaxybayev
Oracle Advisory Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is simple. However, in order to install it correctly, you have to have some experience. You must know where the data must be put. It is better to have assistance when installing the solution.
The length of time of the installation depends on the installation environment.
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reviewer1406625
System Specialist at a university with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy to install.
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reviewer1189236
Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex. It's very easy. A company shouldn't have any issues with the initial setup.
The deployment is very fast. It takes about an hour or so.
We have 10 engineers that are capable of implementing the solution.
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President at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
The more expertise you have, the more the interfaces and UI become straightforward and easier to use in the initial setup.
View full review »it_user521589
DBA at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup is not difficult. For me, it's very easy, because I have a lot of experience on it.
The important thing with Oracle is that everywhere you go on Google, you see a million people have experienced the same problem. You always have something when you have an issue.
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Oracle Specialist at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
It's very easy to set up, not for someone who has never worked with it, but if you had a junior or someone a little more experienced than a junior, they are good enough to deploy.
View full review »it_user421464
Advisory Software engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The complexity of the initial setup depends, as it is a self-manageable database for small databases, whereas for mid and enterprise levels, it needs serious attention.
View full review »it_user420012
Banner Developer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup wasn't too complex, although there were the modifications with upgrades that caused some issues. Again, these issues were resolved prior to our next upgrade.
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reviewer1754802
Arquitecto Delivery at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Now, the setup is straightforward, but in the beginning, it was very painful because it needs a lot of operating system configurations to work properly. The last time I deployed Oracle Database, it took me around thirty to forty minutes.
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reviewer1685622
IT / SAP / Organization / Processes at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
I can only remember that setting up Oracle Database was a pain because it uses Java.
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mehrab hussain
Junior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
It is easy to install using the Windows OS, but when using Linux, it takes too much time.
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Kaan Çelik
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The installation can be easy. It depends on what you install. If you just install a database, it's easy but if you install some other programs it can be a little bit longer and difficult to install.
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RonanCunali
Product Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The setup is difficult.
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reviewer1455528
Technical Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The initial setup is very straightforward. It takes a maximum of two hours, but it depends on your experience. If you know what you are doing, you can automate the entire process, and leave it to be done. From my experience, it usually takes 45 minutes to an hour.
View full review »it_user798342
Asst. Manager in production at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Cloud installations using Oracle are not supported by SAP.
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System Admin
It's straightforward.
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System Architect
The setup was easy.
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General Manager at Grupo luthe
It doesn't matter which version you are using or how you deploy it. It will have the same scripts and the same configuration, regardless of size and complexity.
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Systems Engineer, Crew Escape & Life Support F35 Lightning Ii at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
We haven’t experienced any problems regarding product upgrades. We follow a very systematic approach so that we don’t have downtime.
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Information Control at a government
We contracted with Oracle without the maintenance agreement. We had actually built the organization that way since it was easier for us to develop. We really did not try to fit with the system. We tried to fit with the operations, so it was rather difficult for us to manage. We ended up having less memory.
it_user419154
Database Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup was easy and straightforward. It required only a few clicks.
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Computer Specialist at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
We have not had any major problems with upgrading. Like I said in regards to technical support, sometimes you have to do some recoding, but for the most part, upgrades have been pretty smooth. If your work is vanilla, you are fine. If you are trying to do some of the cutting edge stuff, there can be issues.
View full review »it_user448833
Database Administrator (DBA) - Oracle 11g at a tech company with 51-200 employees
I would rate it mediocre, as it requires knowledge of operating systems and servers. Some people find it difficult due to the lack of OS knowledge.
View full review »it_user430962
Database Administration Principal at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The Oracle setup process has been simplified over the years, but it's still a complex task, at least when it comes to High Availability/disaster recovery solutions (RAC, DataGuard).
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reviewer1133235
IT Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup is very easy, they use wizards and you can create an instant database in minutes. We had the assistance of a Colombian consultant for implementation but I was responsible for the deployment, executing scripts and applying fixes.
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reviewer1599750
Team Leader at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup isn't exactly straightforward. It's a bit more complex than, for example, an SQL Server, which is much more straightforward and simple to deploy.
View full review »KD
Khalil Dahham
Senior Lead Developer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup is complex.
The installation of Oracle products is not usually as straightforward as dealing with Microsoft products for example.
View full review »it_user436065
IT Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup was very easy and very straightforward. It's not a difficult product to stand up, and combined with our technical knowledge, the setup was very easy.
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LuisNarvaez
Program Director
The initial setup was very complex - best case, it takes between four and six hours to set up.
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reviewer1463181
Sr. Professional Security Compliance at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup was complex. Compared to the implementation of Microsoft SQL, we needed skilled people to manage Oracle. Implementation took some weeks.
View full review »it_user486582
Senior ERP Developer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have downtime during upgrades that can last from hours to days. The last database update took two or three days.
View full review »it_user417387
IT Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
I've been involved in all of our major upgrades and it's never straightforward. There are always complications because of the complexity of it all.
View full review »it_user436203
DBA at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is very easy and straightforward.
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reviewer1712244
Technical Manager IT Development at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
it_user971502
Product Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup isn't complex. It's quite straightforward. We do, however, have an expert in Oracle on staff, so that may make things easier for us.
Deployment took about one month from beginning to end.
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Database Admin
At first, when I was in the learning stage it was a bit difficult to install with Linux or Unix in the environment. Only with Windows can you can install it using a wizard.
You should have some knowledge, to be familiar with it, the product for installing and plan managing. It was not easy.
View full review »it_user480726
Analyst at a tech services company
Relatively speaking it's easy.
View full review »it_user480216
Developer at a tech services company
No, but I was involved partially when we developed the environment of the Oracle Database. At that time I had the impression that it was not so difficult, it was rather smooth.
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reviewer1176771
ETL Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
For me, it's easy.
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Abhijith Palekar
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
During the installation, we had to install certificates, but it was not mentioned in the documentation.
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reviewer1506519
AI Data Architect at a media company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup is complex. It is not easy to install.
I do the maintenance and support for our customers.
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