Oracle and Microsoft Add Powerful, Flexible New Services to Oracle Database@Azure and Expand Regional Availability
Oracle has announced major expansions to its Oracle Database@Azure service, including the general availability of Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure. This new deployment option reduces minimum infrastructure costs by up to 95% while maintaining high performance and reliability.
The service will soon include Oracle Base Database Service, offering easier administration and pay-as-you-go pricing for running Oracle Database workloads on virtual machines. Regional availability has expanded to 14 regions with the addition of Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2, and 18 more regions are planned within the next 12 months.
Key features of the Exascale Infrastructure include:
- Elastic, pay-per-use resources with no extra IOPS charges
- AI Smart Scan capability running vector search operations up to 30X faster
- Intelligent storage cloud with RDMA capabilities
- Support for the next-generation Exadata X11M platform
Oracle ha annunciato importanti espansioni al suo servizio Oracle Database@Azure, inclusa la disponibilità generale del Servizio Database Oracle Exadata su Infrastruttura Exascale. Questa nuova opzione di distribuzione riduce i costi minimi dell'infrastruttura fino al 95%, mantenendo al contempo elevate prestazioni e affidabilità.
Il servizio includerà presto il Servizio Database di Base Oracle, che offrirà una gestione più semplice e una tariffazione pay-as-you-go per l'esecuzione di carichi di lavoro Oracle Database su macchine virtuali. La disponibilità regionale è stata ampliata a 14 regioni con l'aggiunta di Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2, e sono previsti altri 18 regioni nei prossimi 12 mesi.
Le caratteristiche principali dell'Infrastruttura Exascale includono:
- Risorse elastiche, pagate per utilizzo, senza costi aggiuntivi per IOPS
- Capacità di AI Smart Scan che esegue operazioni di ricerca vettoriale fino a 30 volte più velocemente
- Cloud di archiviazione intelligente con capacità RDMA
- Supporto per la piattaforma Exadata X11M di nuova generazione
Oracle ha anunciado importantes expansiones en su servicio Oracle Database@Azure, incluida la disponibilidad general del Servicio de Base de Datos Oracle Exadata en Infraestructura Exascale. Esta nueva opción de implementación reduce los costos mínimos de infraestructura en hasta un 95%, manteniendo un alto rendimiento y fiabilidad.
El servicio incluirá pronto el Servicio de Base de Datos Básica Oracle, que ofrecerá una administración más sencilla y precios de pago por uso para ejecutar cargas de trabajo de Oracle Database en máquinas virtuales. La disponibilidad regional se ha ampliado a 14 regiones con la adición de Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2, y se planean 18 regiones más en los próximos 12 meses.
Las características clave de la Infraestructura Exascale incluyen:
- Recursos elásticos, pagados por uso, sin cargos adicionales por IOPS
- Capacidad de AI Smart Scan que ejecuta operaciones de búsqueda vectorial hasta 30 veces más rápido
- Nube de almacenamiento inteligente con capacidades RDMA
- Soporte para la plataforma Exadata X11M de próxima generación
오라클은 Oracle Database@Azure 서비스에 대한 주요 확장을 발표했으며, 여기에는 엑사스케일 인프라에서의 오라클 엑사다타 데이터베이스 서비스의 일반 제공이 포함됩니다. 이 새로운 배포 옵션은 최소 인프라 비용을 최대 95%까지 줄이는 동시에 높은 성능과 신뢰성을 유지합니다.
이 서비스는 곧 오라클 기본 데이터베이스 서비스를 포함하여, 가상 머신에서 오라클 데이터베이스 작업을 실행하기 위한 더 쉬운 관리와 사용량 기반 요금제를 제공합니다. 지역 가용성은 Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2의 추가로 14개 지역으로 확대되었으며, 향후 12개월 내에 18개 지역이 더 계획되어 있습니다.
엑사스케일 인프라의 주요 기능은 다음과 같습니다:
- 추가 IOPS 요금이 없는 유연한 사용량 기반 리소스
- 30배 더 빠른 벡터 검색 작업을 수행하는 AI 스마트 스캔 기능
- RDMA 기능을 갖춘 지능형 스토리지 클라우드
- 차세대 엑사다타 X11M 플랫폼 지원
Oracle a annoncé d'importantes expansions de son service Oracle Database@Azure, y compris la disponibilité générale du Service de Base de Données Oracle Exadata sur Infrastructure Exascale. Cette nouvelle option de déploiement réduit les coûts d'infrastructure minimums jusqu'à 95% tout en maintenant des performances et une fiabilité élevées.
Le service inclura bientôt le Service de Base de Données Oracle, offrant une gestion plus facile et une tarification à l'utilisation pour l'exécution des charges de travail Oracle Database sur des machines virtuelles. La disponibilité régionale a été étendue à 14 régions avec l'ajout de Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2, et 18 autres régions sont prévues au cours des 12 prochains mois.
Les caractéristiques clés de l'Infrastructure Exascale comprennent:
- Ressources élastiques, payées à l'utilisation, sans frais supplémentaires pour les IOPS
- Capacité de AI Smart Scan exécutant des opérations de recherche vectorielle jusqu'à 30 fois plus rapidement
- Cloud de stockage intelligent avec capacités RDMA
- Support pour la plateforme Exadata X11M de nouvelle génération
Oracle hat bedeutende Erweiterungen seines Oracle Database@Azure-Dienstes angekündigt, darunter die allgemeine Verfügbarkeit des Oracle Exadata Database Service auf Exascale-Infrastruktur. Diese neue Bereitstellungsoption senkt die minimalen Infrastrukturkosten um bis zu 95%, während hohe Leistung und Zuverlässigkeit erhalten bleiben.
Der Dienst wird bald den Oracle Basis-Datenbankdienst umfassen, der eine einfachere Verwaltung und eine nutzungsabhängige Preisgestaltung für das Ausführen von Oracle-Datenbank-Workloads auf virtuellen Maschinen bietet. Die regionale Verfügbarkeit wurde auf 14 Regionen mit der Hinzufügung von Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2 ausgeweitet, und in den nächsten 12 Monaten sind 18 weitere Regionen geplant.
Zu den wichtigsten Funktionen der Exascale-Infrastruktur gehören:
- Elastische, nutzungsabhängige Ressourcen ohne zusätzliche IOPS-Gebühren
- AI Smart Scan-Funktion, die Vektorsuchoperationen bis zu 30-mal schneller ausführt
- Intelligente Speicher-Cloud mit RDMA-Funktionen
- Unterstützung für die nächste Generation der Exadata X11M-Plattform
- 95% reduction in minimum infrastructure costs with Exascale Infrastructure
- 30X faster AI vector search operations with AI Smart Scan
- Expansion to 14 current regions with 18 more planned within 12 months
- Pay-per-use pricing model with no extra IOPS charges
- Support for next-generation Exadata X11M platform improving AI, analytics, and OLTP performance
- Oracle Base Database Service not yet available, only planned for future release
Insights
Oracle's expansion of the Oracle Database@Azure partnership with Microsoft represents a strategic growth initiative with significant financial implications. The newly available Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure dramatically reduces entry barriers with up to 95% lower minimum infrastructure costs while maintaining premium capabilities and pricing. This elastic, pay-per-use model transforms Oracle's database offering economics, potentially expanding their addressable market to mid-sized organizations previously priced out of Exadata's capabilities.
The forthcoming Base Database Service with pay-as-you-go pricing further supports this market expansion strategy. What's financially compelling here is Oracle's ability to maintain its premium database positioning while leveraging Microsoft's cloud infrastructure investment and customer base. This allows Oracle to extend its database revenue streams without cannibalizing its core OCI business.
The dramatic expansion from 14 to a planned 32 regions signals strong customer demand and potential revenue acceleration. For investors, this represents an elegant solution to a challenging market dynamic - Oracle captures database revenue from Azure customers who might otherwise choose competitive database options while Microsoft benefits from increased workloads and cloud consumption.
The ability for customers to use existing Azure commitments and Oracle license benefits creates powerful financial incentives for adoption. This partnership exemplifies how Oracle is executing a pragmatic multicloud strategy that preserves its high-margin database business across diverse customer environments while expanding its total addressable market.
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure now available
Oracle Base Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure is coming soon
"Vodafone's business and applications have comprehensive service, market, and regional configurations guided by strict performance, scale, and functional requirements," said Pedro Sardo, CIO, Shared Services and Director, Group IT Operations, Vodafone. "The ability to continue to utilize Oracle Base Database Service alongside Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure now on Oracle Database@Azure supports us with application and business continuity, simplifies our cloud migration efforts, and ensures we're extracting value from our continued investments in the cloud."
"We designed Exascale Infrastructure to deliver Exadata's powerful capabilities in a multi-tenant, hyper-elastic cloud form that can be consumed by organizations of any size for all critical workloads," said Karan Batta, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure on Oracle Database@Azure is a key advancement in our multicloud strategy and collaboration with Microsoft that will give joint customers new opportunities for success in the cloud."
"Microsoft and Oracle's collaboration on Oracle Database@Azure continues to see strong global customer demand," said Brett Tanzer, vice president, Azure product management, Microsoft. "The addition of Oracle Exadata Exascale and Base Database Managed Services to Oracle Database@Azure gives customers of all sizes greater choice in performance, scale, and flexibility to accelerate innovation with Microsoft's AI, analytics, security, apps and other services."
Exascale on Oracle Database@Azure Delivers Power and Flexibility
With Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure on Oracle Database@Azure, customers can provision and manage smaller database workloads and scale as needed while leveraging the power of Exadata. With Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure, customers benefit from a unique and intelligent data architecture that provides:
- Elastic, pay-per-use resources: With Exascale, resources are completely elastic and pay-per-use, with no extra charge for IOPS. Users only specify the number of database server ECPUs and storage capacity they need, and every database is spread across pooled storage servers for high performance and availability. This reduces the cost of entry-level infrastructure for customers using Exadata Database Service as part of Oracle Database@Azure by up to 95 percent and enables flexible and granular on-line scaling of resources.
- Intelligent storage cloud: Exadata Exascale's intelligent, RDMA-capable storage cloud distributes databases across all available storage servers and uses data aware, intelligent Smart Scan to make thousands of CPU cores available to speed up any database query. Exascale Storage Cloud intelligently moves hot or frequently accessed data from disk to memory or flash, and delivers the performance of DRAM, the IOPs of flash, and the capacity of disks.
- Intelligent AI: Exascale uses AI Smart Scan, a unique way to offload data and compute-intensive AI Vector Search operations to the Exascale intelligent storage cloud. AI Smart Scan and Exadata System Software 24ai run key vector search operations up to 30X faster enabling customers to run thousands of concurrent AI vector searches in multi-user environments.
- Intelligent OLTP: Intelligent ultra-fast RDMA communication between database servers enables high-throughput OLTP applications to scale across Exascale Virtual Machine clusters and support more concurrent users. The low latency provided by RDMA communication also provides ultra-fast response times for mission-critical transactions.
- Intelligent analytics: Unique data intelligence automatically offloads data-intensive SQL queries to the Exascale intelligent storage cloud, enabling extreme throughput scaling of up to 2,880 GB/s for analytics. Automatic columnarization converts data into an ultra-fast in-memory columnar format that automatically uses flash caches in the Exascale intelligent storage cloud to increase capability and performance.
- Database-aware intelligent clones: Users can use advanced snapshot capabilities to instantly create full copies or thin clones using the Exascale intelligent storage cloud and its redirect-on-write technology, helping to accelerate the DevOps operating model.
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure is available for purchase in the Azure Marketplace with a custom quote through a private offer or on a pay-as-you-go basis. Customers can use existing Azure commitments, discount programs, and Oracle license benefits, such as Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and Oracle Support Rewards.
Oracle Base Database Service Coming to Oracle Database@Azure
Oracle and Microsoft plan to make Oracle Base Database Service available on Oracle Database@Azure soon. Oracle Base Database Service will run Oracle Database Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2 versions of 19c and 23ai on virtual machines. It will provide automated database lifecycle management that reduces administration, low-code application development capabilities, and independently scalable compute and storage resources with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure Now Supports Exadata X11M
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure now supports Oracle Exadata X11M to deliver significant performance improvements across AI, analytics, and online transaction processing (OLTP) compared to the previous generation. Customers also have the choice and flexibility to use Exadata X11M's architecture across on-premises, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and multicloud environments.
Powerful Cloud Database Service Expands to Meet Global Demand
Oracle Database@Azure is now available in the Azure East U.S. 2 region. This brings the total availability to 14 regions along with Australia East, Brazil South, Canada Central,
In addition, Oracle Database@Azure is planned to be available in 18 more regions in the next 12 months. This includes Australia Southeast, Brazil Southeast, Canada East,
With Oracle Database@Azure running on OCI in Azure datacenters, customers benefit from:
- Flexible options to simplify and accelerate migrating their Oracle databases to the cloud, including compatibility with proven migration tools such as Oracle Zero-Downtime Migration
- The ability to build new cloud-native applications using Oracle Database, OCI and Azure technologies, including the rich set of Azure development and AI services
- Pricing parity with OCI for the highest level of Oracle Database performance, scale, and availability only possible through Oracle Exadata engineered systems underpinning Oracle Database@Azure
- The simplicity, security, and low latency to build integrated solutions with Autonomous Database and Azure services
- Consistency with on-premises deployments of Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata to reduce the need to rearchitect or refactor solutions
- Unified customer experience and support from Oracle and Microsoft
- Simplified purchasing and the ability to leverage Oracle and Microsoft licenses, commitments, and discount programs
- Validated Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure
- The assurance of a unified service and architecture that are tested and supported by two of the most trusted names in the cloud
About Oracle Distributed Cloud
Oracle's distributed cloud delivers the benefits of cloud with greater control and flexibility. Oracle's distributed cloud lineup includes:
- Public cloud: Hyperscale public cloud regions serve any size of organization, including many of those requiring strict EU sovereignty controls. See the full list of regions here.
- Dedicated cloud: Customers can run all OCI cloud services in their own data centers with OCI Dedicated Region, while partners can resell OCI cloud services and customize the experience using Oracle Alloy. Oracle also operates separate
U.S. ,UK , and Australian Government Clouds, and Isolated Cloud Regions for national security purposes. Each of these products provides a full cloud and AI stack that customers can deploy as a Sovereign Cloud. - Hybrid cloud: OCI delivers key cloud services on-premises via Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer and Compute Cloud@Customer and is already managing deployments in over 60 countries. Additionally, OCI Roving Edge Infrastructure, which consists of multiple configurations of ruggedized and portable high-performance devices, helps customers leverage remote AI inferencing at the edge.
- Multicloud: OCI is physically deployed within all the hyperscale cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, providing low latency, natively integrated Oracle database services, including Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@Google Cloud, and Oracle HeatWave on AWS. Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure and Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud allow customers to combine key capabilities from across clouds.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about Exascale's benefits
- Learn more about Oracle Database@Azure
- Learn more about Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
- Learn more about Oracle Database services, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Base Database Service
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