Exadata Assessment & Architecture
We evaluate your workloads, capacity, performance, availability and infrastructure requirements, then develop a practical Exadata strategy and target architecture.
Oracle Exadata & ODA
Performance, resilience and scalability for your most demanding Oracle workloads.
Overview
When conventional infrastructure is no longer enough
When Oracle workloads become too demanding for conventional infrastructure, simply adding more resources may not solve the underlying problem.
Performance bottlenecks, database sprawl, complex infrastructure, rising operational costs and availability concerns can all limit what your IT environment can deliver.
NCS London provides Oracle Exadata Database Services designed around your workloads, infrastructure strategy and business priorities. From Exadata assessment and architecture to migration, optimisation and ongoing management, we help you build an Exadata environment that delivers the performance, resilience and scalability your critical workloads require.
Challenges
Is your Oracle environment ready for its next workload?
Exadata is not automatically the right answer for every Oracle environment. It becomes particularly relevant when you are dealing with:
Performance pressureCritical applications are struggling with increasing transaction volumes or demanding queries
Infrastructure limitationsYour existing architecture is reaching its performance or scalability limits
Database sprawlMultiple Oracle databases are increasing infrastructure and management complexity
Availability concernsYour critical workloads require stronger resilience and recovery capabilities
Modernisation pressureLegacy infrastructure is making it harder to support cloud and digital transformation
Growing operational costsYour environment requires increasing resources without proportional value
The right question is not “Do we need Exadata?” It is “Would Exadata solve the problems holding our workloads back?”
Services
Oracle Exadata Database Services tailored to your environment
Exadata Implementation
Deploy an Exadata environment aligned with your technical and operational requirements, covering architecture, configuration, database integration and production readiness.
Exadata Migration
Move critical Oracle workloads with a structured plan designed around your applications, dependencies and downtime requirements. Where appropriate, Oracle Zero Downtime Migration can support controlled migration.
Exadata Performance Optimisation
We review workload, SQL, configuration and resource settings on Exadata and tune them for your applications.
Exadata Database Consolidation
We identify suitable Oracle workloads and plan and carry out their consolidation onto Exadata.
Exadata Managed Services
Ongoing database administration, performance monitoring, incident support, patching and operational management based on your requirements.
Deployment Options
Your Exadata architecture should fit your operating model
There is no single deployment model for every organisation. Oracle currently supports Exadata Database Service across OCI, multicloud environments and Cloud@Customer. NCS London helps you evaluate the options before you commit to one.
On-premises Exadata
For organisations that need control over infrastructure, data location and existing data-centre operations.
Exadata Database Service on OCI
For organisations looking to modernise Oracle workloads while taking advantage of cloud infrastructure and operational flexibility.
Exadata Cloud@Customer
For businesses that want cloud-style capabilities while keeping workloads within their own data-centre environment.
Hybrid Exadata Strategy
For organisations that need to balance existing investments, cloud adoption, workload requirements and data residency.
Migration Approach
Move to Exadata without turning migration into a business risk
Migrating a critical Oracle workload is not simply a database exercise. Application dependencies, database versions, connectivity, security, testing, cutover and rollback all need to be considered.
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Discover
Map databases, workloads, dependencies and constraints.
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Design
Define the target Exadata architecture and migration strategy.
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Validate
Test workloads, performance and application compatibility.
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Migrate
Execute the agreed migration plan with controlled cutover.
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Optimise
Tune the new environment based on real production workloads.
Oracle supports both physical and logical migration approaches, selected according to workload, platform and version requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Consider Oracle Exadata Database Services when critical Oracle workloads are facing performance or scalability constraints, infrastructure complexity, database consolidation challenges or demanding availability requirements. An assessment can determine whether Exadata is the right fit.
Yes. NCS London can assess your databases, application dependencies, versions and downtime requirements before creating a structured migration plan. The approach is designed to minimise disruption and validate workloads before production cutover.
Yes. We can assess your existing Exadata environment for performance bottlenecks, configuration issues, resource utilisation, capacity constraints and operational inefficiencies, then recommend targeted improvements.
NCS London can help organisations evaluate deployment approaches including on-premises Exadata, Exadata Database Service on OCI and Cloud@Customer. The recommendation depends on workload requirements, infrastructure strategy, security, data residency and business objectives.
NCS London takes a workload-led approach rather than offering a standard Exadata implementation. We assess your environment, recommend the appropriate architecture, manage migration and implementation risks, and provide ongoing optimisation and support.
No. Most organisations move to Exadata in phases. Databases are assessed for suitability, then grouped by criticality, dependencies and consolidation potential, so the highest value workloads can move first while the rest stay untouched until they are ready.
The underlying database technology is the same, but the infrastructure sits in a different place and is run in a different way. Exadata Database Service on OCI runs in Oracle's cloud, Cloud@Customer brings cloud-style operation into your own data centre, and on-premises Exadata gives you the most direct control over hardware and data location. We compare them against your workload requirements, data residency, infrastructure strategy and operating model.
Yes. We regularly work alongside internal teams, taking on the areas where you need extra capacity or specialist Exadata knowledge while your team keeps ownership of the environment. Responsibilities, escalation routes and handover can be agreed before work starts and reviewed as the engagement develops.
Contact us
Make the right Exadata investment for your Oracle workloads
Exadata is a significant commitment, so the decision should rest on your workloads rather than a product brochure. Talk to NCS London about your current environment and we will help you see where Exadata can add value, which deployment option fits and what it will take to implement it successfully.
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