Oracle Database

Oracle 12C Review

What do you like best? It is a great database, We use for critical system What do you dislike? The cost and sometimes it is complicate to management. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? The security and the performance of critical applications.

A lot of improvements since 11g

What do you like best? Query optimizer improved a lot since Oracle 11g What do you dislike? I have a problem with the way Oracle optimizes bitmap indexes and oracle support isn't particularly helpful What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? SCC is using Oracle for OLTP and OLAP in medical laboratories

Oracle Database Performance

What do you like best? I find that 12c is a very stable Oracle product. Improvements have been made in the optimizer as well as database management features. What do you dislike? Some of the background automation like adaptive plans have caused problems with some of our larger databases forcing plan changes mid stream during long query executions. Recommendations to others considering the product: Go for it. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you ...

Program manager

What do you like best? My company uses Oracle 12 to replace Oracle 11 Enterprise database. I like the performance. What do you dislike? I am not aware of anything I don't like. I believe the change made in the back end is very smooth. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I can get the benefits of running my analytical reports in much faster speed. The data quality is good.

Oracle Cluster/Exadata

What do you like best? The resiliency of the DB cluster and HW etc What do you dislike? The Support part of the Products. Over All user Integration. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We are using it for RAC

Charlie's Review

What do you like best? I like the installation GUI & new database features What do you dislike? I don't like the the back end new background services. They are too complex and hard to manage by hand. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We are just using the new features,, but not to resolve old issues.

Easy to use, Good performance, Scalable

What do you like best? The system can scale easily. In-Memory works well with good performance. What do you dislike? Oracle support is slow in response to provide one-off patch What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Avoid creating too many summary tables by using in-memory feature

from a small nightmare to a walk in a park

What do you like best? I like the features, i normaly use versions 11G and 12c is much more functional What do you dislike? the installation is always boring but necessary What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? better integration with other tecnologies

Best data base for production environments

What do you like best? Reliability and support. Oracle support is fast and responsive What do you dislike? We had issues using Oracle Data Base Appliance. We prefer to use it on vmware technology. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We use it for login our users to a VOD service in Mexico.

DBA

What do you like best? Great features in 12.2 RAC and Dataguard, Golden gate, Encryption all are great What do you dislike? there is nothing that i dislike from oracle 12.2 What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? quick turn around