Oracle Private Cloud at Customer enables customers to run both Oracle and non-Oracle applications on a platform located inside their data centers, while the infrastructure is managed by Oracle cloud experts. Oracle Private Cloud at Customer systems are preconfigured according to best practices, which have been proved by many mission-critical Oracle Private Cloud Appliance installations around the world.
Oracle Private Cloud at Customer is designed for rapid and simple deployment of mission-critical applications and workloads, whether running on Linux, Oracle Solaris, or Microsoft Windows. High-performance, low-latency physical network connectivity and Oracle Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies facilitate automated provisioning of the server and storage networks. Leveraging the software-defined network fabric, customers can dynamically configure networks without having to manually re-cable connections, saving time and reducing the risk of human error. The consolidation of network connections results in up to 70 percent fewer cables and cards.
In addition to rapid infrastructure provisioning, Oracle Private Cloud at Customer also accelerates complete application stack deployment through support for Oracle VM Virtual Appliances. These are preconfigured applications, middleware, and databases packaged as ready-to-run virtual machines (VMs). The VMs are dynamically configured at deployment time, requiring customers to provide only basic configuration parameters. The result is an unparalleled ability to go from “bare-metal” infrastructure power on to logging in to a newly deployed, running application within days or even hours, instead of weeks or months.
Service Overview
Oracle Private Cloud at Customer is available through a subscription offering that requires a minimum term of 4 years. Customers select a configuration consisting of, at a minimum, three components: a Base System, a Storage Subscription, and a Compute Node subscription. The Base System includes two management nodes and supporting network infrastructure. To this, subscriptions are added for a minimum of two compute nodes, and for an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2.
As the need for compute capacity increases, customers can add more compute nodes up to a total of 20 per system (or 25 for InfiniBand-based systems), to meet their business requirements. All CPU cores, disk and flash storage, and RAM for the selected configuration are included in the subscription price. There is no charge for the network communication to the Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. As the need for storage increases, additional storage tray subscriptions, both for high capacity trays and for high performance flash storage trays, can be added.
In addition, customers can combine Oracle Private Cloud at Customer with existing Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer machines, thus enabling higher compute, network and storage capacity for the applications interacting with the database layer.