Manufacturing · EBS Migration

A global manufacturer moved E Business Suite to OCI and cut infrastructure cost by 38%.

A multinational manufacturer was running Oracle E Business Suite on ageing on premises hardware with a refresh due. We moved the full estate to OCI with zero data loss and a faster month end close.

Industrial manufacturing facility representing a global manufacturer
38%
infrastructure cost reduction
0
data loss at cutover
2x
faster month end close
24/7/365
managed run after go live
The situation

Where they started.

The manufacturer ran E Business Suite across several regions on hardware that was approaching end of life. A refresh would have meant a large capital outlay for capacity they did not fully use, and the month end close was slow because the database was starved of IO. Patching was manual and the environments had drifted apart over years of ad hoc change.

They wanted off the hardware clock, a faster close, and a single bill they could read, without a risky rewrite of an application the whole business depended on.

What we did

The work.

  • Documented the full EBS topology, customisations, and integrations across every region.
  • Profiled real database and application load to size OCI shapes against measured demand.
  • Confirmed the licensing and BYOL position before any workload moved.
  • Placed the production database on Exadata Cloud Service for the IO the close needed.
  • Migrated the application tier with autoscaling for peak concurrency.
  • Ran a tested cutover with a rollback plan, achieving zero data loss.
The architecture

The OCI architecture used.

The design put the database where it could perform and right sized everything else, so the cost reduction came from removing waste rather than cutting capability.

LayerWhat we usedWhy
Production databaseExadata Cloud ServiceThe IO and availability the month end close demanded
Application tierRight sized compute with autoscalingCarried peak concurrency, scaled back off peak
Non productionSmaller shapes on a shutdown scheduleNo spend on idle test and dev overnight
OperationsMonitoring and managed runOne place to watch health, patching handled
The capital refresh disappeared, the close ran in half the time, and the monthly bill came down by more than a third.
Related

Where this connects.

Workload

EBS on OCI

How we move E Business Suite to OCI and run it for less.

See EBS
Solution

Exadata Cloud Service

Where the busiest EBS databases land.

See ExaCS
Service

OCI Implementation & Migration

The team that runs a move like this end to end.

See implementation

Want an outcome like this?

We anonymise every client by sector, but the method behind these results is the same one we would bring to your estate. Book an assessment and get a written plan with options and a price.