Oracle Cloud Overview and Features
· Just needs a PC or
laptop with internet connection, Uses Services
· Oracle cloud is a
large collection of servers
· Elasticity
o Pay only for
services that u have utilized
o Pay per use
· Simplicity
o No h/w and s/w
maintenance
o Cloud service
provider manages h/w and s/w
· Performance
· Security is very important
· Data Partitioning /
segregation are key
· Portability
o Entire system can
migrate from cloud to any other environment including desktop/servers
Cloud Services
IaaS
· Computer Hardware
· No investment in
h/w or maintenance
PaaS
· OS
· DB
SaaS
· Project management
· Shared calendar
Types of Users
· Business Users /
Organization
· Consumer Users
o End users to cloud
§ for eg. Gmail,
yahoo mail, facebook
Oracle Cloud is available for
· Database
· Management tools
· ERP software
Oracle Private Cloud environment provides lots of service
Oracle Database Cloud service
o Provides
portability
o Runs on Exadata
hardware and Oracle cloud runs on exadata
o Restful webservices
(http vs soap)
o Oracle Apex
(supports rapid application development) clubbed with DB
§ Build application,
test & deploy
§ Excellent UI
§ Analytical Reports
§ Dashboards
§ Websheets
o Oracle cloud
interacts with Java cloud
§ Build application
Java and interact with both clouds
o Prebuilt
§ Oracle Project
Management
§ Shared Calendar
o Security
§ Shared Schemas
o Utilities
§ Change look and
feel of browser
§ Many such utilities
are provided
o Availability
§ Change look and
feel of browser
o MVRC (multiple
version read count)
o Backup &
Recovery
§ 3 copies of backups
are maintained
Investment
· Take an Oracle
account
· Pay subscription
cost
· Low ongoing cost,
renewal cost
· No hardware or
software maintenance cost