Delivers Enhanced Features for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, Allowing Customers to Centrally Manage and Maintain Control of Their Data Across Private, Public, and Hybrid Clouds

To help customers leverage a hybrid cloud approach, NetApp announced updates to the NetApp® Solution for Oracle Database, which includes enhancements for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. The NetApp Solution for Oracle Database 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 universal data platform built on patented NetApp Data ONTAP® technology, which enables them to confidently manage and maintain control of their data in the cloud, accelerating innovation and IT responsiveness.

News Facts

• 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 full 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, today’s announcement means that mutual customers can more easily and effectively manage their data across private and hybrid cloud infrastructures.

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Quickly Clone Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments to Save Time and Money

 Organizations running Oracle Database 12c on NetApp storage can save significant 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 to seconds instead of hours or minutes, and these copies utilize only a fraction of the original storage footprint for increased efficiency and cost savings.

Easily Deploy, Manage, and Monitor Data in the 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.