Oracle Cloud: Made By
Oracle Cloud: Made By
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Oracle Cloud
Oracle Cloud is a cloud computing service offered by Oracle
Corporation providing servers, storage, network, applications and
services through a global network of Oracle Corporation managed data
centers. The company allows these services to be provisioned on
demand over the Internet.
Oracle Cloud provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a
Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Data as a Service
(DaaS). These services are used to build, deploy, integrate, and extend
applications in the cloud. This platform supports numerous open
standards (SQL, HTML5, REST, etc.), open-source solutions
(Kubernetes, Hadoop, Kafka, etc.), and a variety of programming
languages, databases, tools, and frameworks including Oracle-
specific, Open Source, and third-party software and systems.
Services
Oracle has branded its Infrastructure as a Service as Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offerings
include the following services.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Compute: The company provides Virtual Machine Instances to
provide different shapes (VM sizes) catering to different types of
workloads and performance characteristics. They also provide Bare
metal servers and Bare metal GPU servers, without a hypervisor with
capability to scale up and down.
Storage: The platform provides Block Volumes, Object Storage, and
Archive Storage with capability to enable database, analytics,
content, and other applications across common protocols and APIs.
Networking: This cloud platform provides network with fully
configurable IP addresses, subnets, routing, and firewalls to support
new or existing private networks with End-to-End Security.
Governance: For Auditing, Identity and Access Management, the
platform has capabilities for Data Integrity Checks, Traceability, and
access management features.
Database: The platform allows Oracle databases to be deployed on
demand in cloud environment with Real Application Clusters, data
security, and granular controls.
Load Balancing: The cloud platform offers load balancing capability
to automatically route traffic across Availability Domains for high
availability and fault-tolerance for hosted applications.
Edge Services: These services are used to monitor the path
between users and resources to adapt to changes and outages using
secure DNS infrastructure.
Ravello: This service allows deployment of existing VMware or KVM
based data center workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, or
GCP as-is, without any modification to the VMs, network, or storage.
FastConnect: The cloud platform provides private connectivity
across on-premises and cloud networks.
Regions
Oracle Cloud is generally available in North America, EMEA, APAC, and
Japan with announced South America and US Gov regions coming
soon.
Deployment Models
Oracle Cloud can be deployed over Public Cloud, Private cloud, and
Hybrid Cloud deployment models. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure maintains
a status dashboard which provides service health specifically for Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure services.
Architecture
The Oracle Cloud is offered through a global network of Oracle
Corporation managed data centers. Oracle Corporation deploys their
cloud in Regions. Inside each Region are at least three fault-
independent Availability Domains. Each of these Availability Domains
contains an independent data center with power, thermal, and network
isolation. Oracle Cloud is generally available[13] in North America, EMEA,
APAC, and Japan with announced South America and US Gov regions
coming soon. Oracle Cloud IaaS and PaaS Security and Compliance
details are published by Oracle on their public website.
Developer Community
Oracle Developers is a forum responsible for engaging with the
developer community that provides information, documentation, and
discussion that is authored both by Oracle and by the community
members at large.
Cost Estimation
Oracle provides cost estimation for its cloud services through a Cost
Estimator Tool on their public website to calculate, download and share
cost estimation details and infrastructure configurations.
Certifications
Oracle offers certifications in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform
as a Service (PaaS), and several specializations in Software as a
Service.