VersaStack(TM) Converged Infrastructure solution, jointly developed by
IBM and Cisco, aims to deliver efficiency, performance and
economics. It combines a comprehensive set of converged infrastructure
and software-defined technologies from IBM and Cisco. Using VersaStack,
organizations can modernize their datacenter, deliver versatile
environments, as well as enable public, private, or hybrid, multi-cloud
environments.
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Oracle Exalogic
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Oracle's Exalogic is a converged infrastructure appliance.
Versastack dashboard configuration is quick through the technical assistant and the ability to handle multiple projects data from one point is profitable. The Versastack also simplifies the multi cloud environment management and to connect with the third part solutions is simple. Versatile environment deliverance is another best thing on Versastack and data security is good.
Oracle Exalogic was designed for Oracle WebLogic Server, the best scenario is for two specific tasks: 1) consolidation of different installations (in a virtual configuration) 2) maximize the performance of java applications (with any code change) Oracle Exalogic is not appropriate to create custom vServer. For example, it's not possibile to install Microsoft Windows operating systems. There are specific Exalogic vServer template to be used instead.
My major complaint with the Exalogic platform is in the resilience of the ZFS appliance within the platform. This device should fail-over to the redundant controller when issue occur, however we have had three events in which this did not happen and a complete outage followed.
Additionally Oracle sales has a tendency to exaggerate the simplicity of this platform. The management overhead is great, and while my company provides managed service, for our specific customer they were surprised to find out how much work goes into run-and-maintain support.
It is a very condensed version of what used to be rows of servers. I like that storage, networking and compute nodes fit in one rack. The power and the software are top notch. The only problem is cost. You need to do some serious processing to get the true value out of the Exalogic system.
Through the use of Versastack tools is an easy process on different project resources management, protecting multiple dataflow across various environment is also incredible and reliable datacenter modernization solution. The reports produced by the Versastack tools are accurate and easy to transform and the pulling of different data from other data sources is cost effective and secure.
It's hard to compare Oracle Exalogic Engineered Systems with anything else on the market. It's so purpose built for application performance and intended to be used in conjunction with other Oracle Engineered Systems. As I alluded to earlier in this review the cost may not be worth the investment if the performance isn't needed. Oracle offers other solutions like the Oracle PCA which will meet the need for licensing compliance at a much lower cost of ownership and may fit better into your current infrastructure.