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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Exadata

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOracle Exadata is an enterprise database platform that runs Oracle Database workloads of any scale and criticality with high performance, availability, and security. Exadata’s scale-out design employs optimizations that let transaction processing, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads run faster. Consolidating diverse Oracle Database workloads on Exadata platforms in enterprise data centers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and multicloud environments helps organizations increase…

    $2.90

    Per Unit

    ParAccel

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AParAccel was a data warehouse appliance (DWA) option, offered by Actian since the April 2013 acquisition of ParAccel as Actian Matrix, that has since been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Oracle ExadataParAccel
    Editions & Modules
    Database Server
    $2.9032
    Per Unit
    Quarter Rack
    $14.5162
    Per Unit
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    Offerings
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    Oracle ExadataParAccel
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Oracle ExadataParAccel
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Oracle ExadataParAccel
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Exadata and ParAccel
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    ParAccel
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse
    Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Oracle Exadata and ParAccel
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    ParAccel
    -
    Ratings
    High-Volume Data Processing10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrative Automation7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Optimization10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Oracle ExadataParAccel
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle ExadataParAccel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle ExadataParAccel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    • First, get the database on Oracle. If you are in an Oracle stack, it would be much better to use the Oracle products. If you are driving a Ferrari, you wouldn’t put a Mercedes engine in it. If you are writing a query, you cannot rely on other brands. Since I'm an architect, when I look for a product, I look for performance.
    • The installation is easy because it comes out-of-the-box and you just start using it.
    • Previous to Oracle Exadata, we were using a normal Oracle RAC service. We were just waiting for this product to come out.
    • I'm currently writing a data warehouse on Exadata. Before this solution, we were aiming for this to be completed by 8 a.m., when our ETLs would finish. With the help of Exadata's special features, this was reduced to 3 a.m. This solution allows us to bring more data within the same time period. It provides us with more subject areas that provide more reports to our users. Our ETL times reduced to 65%, then to 50%.
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    Discontinued Products
    Actian matrix is not good for small data sets. If you have a limited data pool, or do not plan on having multiple users/clients accessing a data source, stick with a more traditional relational database model - Access for the truly small user base, or a DB2 or Oracle back end if your going to have multiple users, and moderate sized data. Actian is for LARGE data sets (Big Data, in the industry parlance). Millions of rows of data from multiple sources with various down stream systems accessing the database. It is for data analytics of large data groups and intense data mining.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • High speed of SQL operations due to a unique design of Exadata with offloading of SQL processing to storage cells
    • Built-in High Availability of a DB server due to it's base architecture of a multi-node Oracle Real Application Cluster
    • High overall sever performance due to its use of a proprietary "Smart Cache" feature utilizing a high speed flash memory
    • Excellent scalability of a DB server by adding cluster nodes as well as expanding it into a network of serially connected clusters
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    • Super fast. Aggregate query such as SUM(), Count() returns result within seconds from a table with more than billion records.
    • Excellent data compression.
    • Easy maintenance. We managed this database without having a full time DBA.
    • Support ANSI SQL and ODBC/JDBC. It's easy to connect to this database from other systems.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Integrating with different types of databases can be a challenge
    • Having a hardware platform optimized to run specific database software surely comes with a price
    • Single vendor to support same hardware and software will make migrating to different hardware and/or software become a hassle
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    • Some of the bugs were annoying and QA definitely needs improvement
    • Connectivity to Informatica and ETL providers
    • Workload management could be better like when you compare with Teradata
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    Usability
    Oracle
    Excellent machine for your database needs . Don’t have to think twice if you have the budget to own it
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    Discontinued Products
    I wish to give higher rating for the speed and efficiency in handling the queries, but only 6 because of consistent bugs we encounter
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    • Faster initial response
    • Trained professionals
    • Very helpful in resolving issues
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Leader failover setup is the toughest and lack of proper documentation is making things tough.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to refactor the code somewhat. Now this was for our limited POC of 5 use cases. Given the large number of stored procedures we had in Sybase, we need to capture more production metrics but we are seeing incredible performance.
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    Discontinued Products
    Actian Matrix is our first big data analytics storage platform, and as I was not involved in the POC process to compare it to other products out on the market, unfortunately I cannot say if it is better than other Big Data storage options. I can say that it out performs products such as Oracle or UDB in regards to the volume of data it can easily index and handle.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Single support from a single vendor with both machine and database from Oracle, which is costing us less.
    • With Exadata, we need less technical manpower and less technical support. A business transaction with the integrated and centralized database helps us focus on other business needs.
    • We don't need to buy additional licenses and Hardware for the next 3 to 5 years.
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    Discontinued Products
    • ROI is great, less spending on full time DBA and that money could be use to add additional node.
    • Negative - Not many developers are well aware of this tool, it takes some time to learn.
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