Re: Database Appliance

Hi Jack its been a year now with your new ODA X8-2Ms and I was wondering what your thoughts are? How has patching been? We are considering a 2M and a 2-HA model, however the HA model will not be used for RAC. Everything will be a single instance.
I would love to hear your thoughts. This is a big decision for us. Currently we are on small 4 CPU Dell servers. Everything is going well but we need to up our CPU count and a storage refresh is on the table as well, currently we have NetApp. Storage Admins want to move off NetApp so the ODA sounds appealing.

Jeff

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 8:06 AM Jack Applewhite < jack.applewhite_at_austinisd.org> wrote:

> We loved, loved, loved our X4 and X5 ODAs for a good while. Great
> integrated package of host, storage, OS, CPU, memory, etc. for a good
> price. We did not and will not use them or any machines for RAC, so all the
> HA and Grid pieces were a nuisance, becoming a nightmare when applying the
> ODA patches. If something gets misaligned, the house of cards tumbles.
> We've still got persistent problems with one X4 and one X5 that Oracle
> Support can't help with - all due to the Grid pieces. Now we hate, hate,
> hate those ODAs.
>
> However, we're getting two new machines and, guess what, they're ODAs. The
> difference this time is that they're X8-2Ms, which have zero Grid and RAC
> built-in stuff. They're just SSD storage, memory, and CPU. We'll get them
> installed Bare Metal with 19c. They are a well-priced package and we're
> hoping easier to support and patch, given their simpler configuration.
>
> So, in a couple months I'll be able to report on how they are treating us.
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> Yes, both Upendra and Andy are correct. You don't want an ODA. I too have
> some horror stories from my tenure at Commvault, but a NDA prevents me from
> sharing anything.
>
>
> On 11/27/19 1:57 PM, Upendra nerilla wrote:
>
> If Andrew's stores aren't enough and if you want more.. PM me.. 🙂
>
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> *Subject:* Re: Database Appliance
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> 1. You do not want an ODA.
> 2. You do not want an ODA.
> You can PM me for horror stories.
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:40 PM Joseph Reid <jreid_at_braintreegroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> is there a tool/script to do a assessment for the Oracle Database
> Appliance? We need help in determining our requirements as to what size of
> Database Appliance would be needed.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Joseph Reid
>
>
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>
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>
>
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