Largest banking group in Japan enhances processing power by 5X with Oracle Exadata to improve system performance and availability for its online banking service.
Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, the largest banking group in Japan, has taken a hybrid cloud approach enabled by Oracle technology to modernize the system infrastructure for its online banking service, Mitsubishi UFJ Direct. The bank selected Oracle Exadata Database Machine, the highest performing system for Oracle Database, to upgrade the Mitsubishi UFJ Direct platform. Following the implementation, the bank experienced a 5X improvement in processing power and stable operations.
Mitsubishi UFJ Direct has over 10 million users and is a core element of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank’s growth strategy. To meet this goal and ensure resource scalability to handle future transaction volume, and transition to more efficient application and infrastructure designs, the bank needed to strengthen its digital infrastructure. The new system needed to be capable of handling five times the current transaction volume as well as a microservices architecture to support rapid development of services to meet evolving customer needs.
“Mitsubishi UFJ Bank is committed to providing a more seamless and efficient customer experience by strengthening its digital infrastructure,” said Yukie Rikitake, managing director, head of division, system planning department, MUFG Bank, Ltd. “By adopting Oracle Exadata, we have built a high-performance system capable of meeting the growing demands for data processing and doubling user traffic. Furthermore, we continue to evaluate ways to leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services to support the growth of our digital strategy.”
Oracle Base Database Service and Oracle Cloud VMware Solution in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are being used as the testing environment to verify the Oracle Database patches during system upgrade. In addition, to support disaster recovery at a remote site, the new on-premises Exadata platform uses Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for scalability and availability combined with Oracle Data Guard for automatic database synchronization. This combination has delivered high performance and availability, enabling the system to efficiently handle ever-increasing data processing demands.
“Oracle’s hybrid cloud capabilities have helped Mitsubishi UFJ Bank achieve success with its implementation while optimizing costs,” said Kothanda Umamageswaran, senior vice president, Exadata and Scale-Out Technologies, Oracle. “Mitsubishi UFJ Bank was able to perform a major upgrade to its on-premises platform with Exadata Database Machine, while the compatibility provided by OCI helped ensure that resources for testing upgrades could be accessed as needed, with consumption-based pricing.”
Key Advantages of Oracle Exadata:
- Business Value: Long-term cost analysis over a 10-year period revealed that Oracle Exadata offered the most economical solution.
- Flexibility: Exadata platform allows for CPU resource expansion without requiring additional physical hardware. Additionally, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank is actively evaluating OCI for broader use, including the adoption of Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer in systems with high-security requirements.
- High Performance and Availability: Using Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA), Mitsubishi UFJ Bank has been able to establish a stable and scalable system for Mitsubishi UFJ Direct.
