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Oracle Big Data Appliance X7-2 - Starter Rack - rack-mountable - Xeon Plati

Mfg # 7116260 CDW # 4978762

Quick tech specs

  • 2
  • 6 nodes
  • rack-mountable
  • 2-way
  • RAM 256 GB
  • HDD 12 x 10 TB
  • monitor: none
  • Starter Rack
  • cluster
  • 42U
  • 2 x Xeon Platinum 8160 / 2.1 GHz
  • SSD 2 x 150 GB
  • 40Gb InfiniBand
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Oracle X7-2 is a server designed for maximum security, reliability, and performance, and it is an ideal building block for running Oracle software in the cloud.

This item was discontinued on October 06, 2022

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Oracle Big Data Appliance X7-2 - Starter Rack - rack-mountable - Xeon Plati is rated 4.00 out of 5 by 3.
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Good performance, comprehensive, and easy to deploy What is our primary use case? I am a consultant and I provide services that include this solution. One of my customer's use cases was regulatory work, specifically with a Medicare application. The solution was designed for regulatory reporting and claim management. What is most valuable? The most valuable feature is that it can be used in conjunction with Spark memory processing. We are migrating from a mainframe and the Spark in-memory processing time is good. Our processing time has gone to 20 minutes from what used to be two or three hours on the mainframe. This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy. What needs improvement? The product should be simplified for the average user. For how long have I used the solution? I have been working with different firms using the Oracle Big Data Appliance for more than three years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? We have not had any issues with stability. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Scalability has not been a problem for us. How are customer service and technical support? We have not been in contact with technical support. Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? I have worked with similar solutions and the main difference between them is the analytics. How was the initial setup? This solution is very easy to deploy. What about the implementation team? We have an in-house team for deployment and maintenance. What other advice do I have? The features that I have needed to this point have all been available and this is a product that I recommend. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:Implementer
Date published: 2020-03-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Provides clean, centralized data What is our primary use case? I use Big Data Appliance to have a single source of truth for my data and to keep all my data in one place. How has it helped my organization? Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard. What needs improvement? From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera. Oracle could also improve Big Data Appliance by having one technology on their stack and working on it instead of continually changing the name or technologies or features. In addition, they could have a program to enable their partners to use this technology because right now, I have to have an expert to use the AI elements. What do I think about the stability of the solution? Big Data Application is a stable product. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Big Data Application has no problems with scalability. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market. What other advice do I have? I would rate Big Data Appliance as eight out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2022-06-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from End-users can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases What is our primary use case? We use Oracle OBI EE to allow end-users in our organization to build reports from our databases based on their needs and roles. What is most valuable? The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases. There is a Subject Area that is populated by the administrator. The end-user — without knowing anything at all about the structure of the databases — can use these Subject Area resource lists to build reports that they would like to see. It is all assembled with a drag-and-drop interface. The administrators apply the relevant security roles for the Subject Area content and the users. Every end-user can access the Subject Area to access data they are permitted to access and build a report. The roles from the security setup are automatically applied in access to Subject Area components and in the output of the report. I think that is a great feature because we, as administrators, just have to define the relevant security in the Subject Area and for every report that is viewed, the relevant security is already applied. Users do not have access to things outside of their privileges. What needs improvement? While I have not worked with version 12c extensively — because I am working with 11g in production currently — it is a little more difficult to deploy the repository in 12c. The process has changed from the way it was in 11g. Our deployment for 12c is currently testing only. I think it would be good if Oracle could supply a solution to embed dashboards in applications. These need to be easy solutions for embedding to dashboards or the environment for making reports. Embedding directly into applications would help end-users a lot. For how long have I used the solution? We have been using the solution for two years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? I have not had any difficulties with the stability of OBI EE. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? I did not work with the cubes on Oracle BIEE. I worked with the aggregate tables and I have not yet used cubes with Essbase (extended spreadsheet database). I think for a larger data set that we should be using Essbase, but I have not yet tested it or used it before. It seems that it would be more scalable in accessing and using more data. How are customer service and technical support? I have not contacted Oracle for technical support because I have not had any major problems that required it. We do have minor issues sometimes, but I have been able to solve problems by doing searches on the internet. There is one website that I use when I need to find answers that has very good articles and it is a good resource for learning and solving issues. I keep it in my shortcuts for when I need it. But Oracle is a popular product with a large user base and I can find good articles in various places through searching and that has helped me a lot. How was the initial setup? Our deployment time with 11g was short because it was easy to do. I didn't have any difficulties with it. With 12c, I only have a little bit of experience with it in a testing environment. I think it will take longer to deploy in production than 11g. What other advice do I have? On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Oracle OBI EE as an eight out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:
Date published: 2019-12-29T00:00:00-05:00

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