Case Study: B Logistics achieves 50% system performance boost and 10% TCO reduction with Oracle SuperCluster, Oracle GoldenGate and Oracle ZFS

B Logistics Improves Critical System Performance by 50%, Reduces Total Cost of Ownership by 10%

B Logistics, a private Belgian rail operator formed in 2011, provides block-train and single-wagon transport across Europe and sought to bring its IT infrastructure, key applications, and disaster recovery in-house to gain control, improve reliability, and support future growth.

The company implemented Oracle SuperCluster with Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance and Oracle GoldenGate. A proof of concept delivered a 40% performance gain that reached 50% after tuning; GoldenGate enabled near-zero-downtime migration of critical applications and bi-directional replication for full disaster recovery, with backups synchronized to a remote ZFS system. With Oracle Platinum Services handling patching and upgrades, the solution runs with minimal staff and is expected to reduce total cost of ownership by 10% while improving performance, availability, and scalability.

B Logistics

Patrick Van den Branden

Head of ICT Infrastructure