Insurance · Exadata Consolidation

An insurer consolidated 12 databases onto Exadata Cloud Service and shrank its footprint.

A national insurer had databases scattered across mismatched hardware and licences. We consolidated 12 of them onto Exadata Cloud Service on OCI, cutting the footprint and the licensing drag.

Office building representing a national insurance company
12
databases consolidated
1
engineered platform
40%
lower database footprint cost
0
unplanned downtime at cutover
The situation

Where they started.

The insurer had grown by acquisition, and its database estate showed it. Twelve production databases ran on a patchwork of hardware with inconsistent versions, overlapping licences, and no single view of health. Each one carried its own maintenance window and its own cost, and capacity planning was guesswork.

They wanted to consolidate without disrupting the regulated workloads those databases served, and to bring the licensing position under control in the process.

What we did

The work.

  • Inventoried all 12 databases, their versions, licences, and workload profiles.
  • Confirmed the consolidation and BYOL position with a clear licensing model.
  • Designed an Exadata Cloud Service layout sized to the combined workload.
  • Migrated databases in waves, validating each one against real queries before the next.
  • Standardised patching and backup across the consolidated estate.
  • Handed over a single monitored platform with audit ready reporting.
The architecture

The OCI architecture used.

Consolidation onto a single engineered platform removed the patchwork and gave every database consistent performance, patching, and availability.

ElementWhat we usedWhy
Database platformExadata Cloud ServiceOne engineered platform for all 12 databases
High availabilityData Guard standbyProtected the regulated workloads through cutover and after
BackupManaged backup to object storageConsistent retention and recovery across the estate
OperationsUnified monitoring and reportingOne view of health, audit ready evidence
Twelve maintenance windows became one platform, and the licensing drag that came with the patchwork came down with it.
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Solution

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