NetApp Deepens Integration With Oracle’s Cloud-Enabling Software

To help customers leverage a hybrid cloud approach, NetApp, Inc. announced updates to the NetApp Solution for Oracle Database, which includes enhancements for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c.

It is a collection of products, technologies, reference architectures, and services that are brought together in a repeatable manner for deployment in Oracle database customer environments. These integrations extend the choice customers have to adopt the right solutions for their cloud environment. It also allows joint customers to take advantage of a data platform built on patented NetApp Data ONTAP technology, which enables them to manage and maintain control of their data in the cloud, accelerating innovation and IT responsiveness.

NetApp continues to deepen its relationship with Oracle to help organizations move their business-critical applications to private and public clouds, allowing them to take advantage of the agility, scalability, and efficiency that the cloud enables.

Building on NetApp’s Oracle Validated Integration of the NetApp Storage System Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager and the release of the NetApp Cloning Plug-In for Oracle Database 12c, this announcement means that mutual customers can easily and effectively manage their data across private and hybrid cloud infrastructures.

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Clone Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments
Organizations running Oracle Database 12c on NetApp storage can save time and money by using the NetApp Cloning Plug-In for Oracle Database, which supports the cloning functionality for multi-tenant cloud environments. Through the use of integrated database commands, customers can make Snapshot copies of existing databases using NetApp FlexClone technology to reduce development times tos instead of hours or minutes, and these copies utilize a fraction of the original storage footprint for increased efficiency and cost savings.

Deploy, Manage, and Monitor Data in Cloud
With new updates to the NetApp Storage System Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, customers can monitor NetApp storage based on clustered Data ONTAP in a private or public cloud environment from a single user interface. With the integration between NetApp FlexClone and Oracle Enterprise Manager’s Database as a Service solution, customers can setup, deploy, and retire databases on the fly with little effort and minimal overhead using a self-service model. Customers can also create Snapshot copies of their databases and restore them instantaneously from the self-service portal.

Brendon Howe, VP, product and solutions marketing, NetApp, said: “NetApp has a vision of enabling customers to achieve maximum business success by leveraging the cloud. With more than a decade of joint product testing and innovation between the two companies, we are rolling out offerings that help customers quickly deploy Oracle application and database environments while storing and managing this business-critical data across multiple cloud resources.”

Sushil Kumar, VP product strategy and business development, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle, said: “Oracle is helping businesses evolve their IT environments to private and public clouds. With Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, we have delivered end-to-end visibility for public and private cloud service providers. Working with NetApp to deepen our integration, we have been able to provide deep insight and control for our customers’ data environments, enabling faster adoption of the cloud self-service model for database deployments and significant gains in business agility and service quality.”

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Oracle Validated Integration, available through OPN, gives customers confidence that the integration of complementary partner software products with Oracle Applications and specific Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions have been validated, and the products work together as designed. This can help customers reduce risk, improve system implementation cycles, and provide for upgrades and maintenance. It applies a technical process to review partner integrations. Partners who have successfully completed the program are authorized to use the Oracle Validated Integration logo.