Database Cloud Service

(Database as a Service)

Your Oracle Database in the Cloud

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 What Is It?
Oracle Database Cloud Service (Database as a Service) gives you a complete Oracle database
instance in a virtual machine (VM). It’s the same familiar Oracle database—now in a cloud.
WhatIs
What IsIt?
It?
You have full access to the features and operations that are available with Oracle Database, but
Oracle hosts the VM and cloud storage. And you can perform some database maintenance and
Why Database in the management operations with the easy-to-use cloud portal or command-line interface.
Cloud?

Database Choices and What You Get with the Oracle
Options Approach
• You can perform all database
Database Security management and development
operations—without purchasing and
maintaining hardware, without knowing
Administer, Manage, backup and recovery commands, and
Monitor without having to perform such complex
tasks as database software upgrades
and patching.
Familiar Oracle Tools
• Unlike some competitors’ cloud
infrastructure products, Oracle
Oracle Database Cloud–
Database Cloud Service gives you full
Exadata Service
administrative control of the service
(root OS and SYS database access).
Exadata Service
Features and Options • You get full interoperability with your
on-premises Oracle databases.
• For operations that you want to
automate, Oracle Database Cloud
Service lets you script and automate
complex problems that Oracle is trusted
to implement under the covers.
• You get the familiarity and continuity
of your on-premises Oracle database
experience—without hosting and
installing your database (unless you
want to).
• You can use your familiar Oracle tools
and applications to connect to the
database.
• Experience extreme database
performance with unparalleled reliability
by using Oracle Database Cloud -
Exadata Service.

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 Why Database in the Cloud?
Fast Choice
Provision a complete Oracle Database Choose from database versions, database
What Is It? Cloud Service environment in a few options and Enterprise Manager packs, and
minutes and get started immediately. access methods.
WhyDatabase
Why Databasein
inthe
the
Cloud?
Cloud? Flexible Integration with Other Cloud Services
Use a variety of setup options with Rest assured that Oracle Database Cloud Service
Database Choices and preinstalled or preconfigured database is tightly integrated with other Oracle Cloud
Options instances. Resources are elastic—add or Services: Java, Compute, and Storage.
remove compute resources, memory, or
storage when you need them.
Database Security
Simple
Administer, Manage, With just a few clicks, provision an Oracle
Monitor Database instance in a VM or build a
complete development environment.

Familiar Oracle Tools

Subscription-Based
Choose a simple hourly or monthly

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Oracle Database Cloud– Oracle Database Cloud Service
Exadata Service subscription. Both subscriptions include
all software updates and Oracle Support.
Exadata Service Modify your subscription package with a
Features and Options simple interface in the Oracle Store.

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 Database Choices and Options
You get many choices and options with Oracle Database Cloud Service.

What Is It? CPU and Memory Options Virtual Image Option

You can choose a variety of configuration With Oracle Database Cloud Service
Why Database in the combinations (number of CPUs and gigabytes (Database as a Service), you manage all
Cloud? of memory). maintenance operations for the software
or the database. As part of the VM that
Database Choices and Storage Options you provision, the Virtual Image option
Options You have storage capacity choices using Oracle includes the installation files for Oracle
Storage Cloud Service. Database and supporting software. You
set up the database yourself by running
Database Security Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
11g or 12c Database Editions
You can easily provision database instances to your own liking.
Administer, Manage, with Oracle Database 11g or 12c. Choose
Monitor Standard Edition One, Enterprise Edition (no
Database Options), Enterprise Edition High
Performance (includes most Database Options
Familiar Oracle Tools
and Enterprise Manager packs), or Enterprise
Edition Extreme Performance (includes all
Oracle Database Cloud– Database Options and Enterprise Manager
Exadata Service packs).

Exadata Service Oracle Database Cloud Service

Features and Options (Database Schema)
If you simply need your own database schema
Get Started and don’t require the full functionality of an
Oracle Database instance in a VM, Oracle
Database Cloud Service (Database Schema)
3 may be the cloud service for you.
 Database Security
Oracle Database Cloud Service has rigorous security practices and procedures that are based on
decades of Oracle database experience.
What Is It?
It’s closed off and secure by default, but you have the flexibility to open network ports as needed.
To access the database in your VM, you can use port opening, SSH tunneling, SQL*Net, web
Why Database in the access, and more. And Oracle Compute Cloud Service security rules and lists give you flexible,
Cloud? enterprise-level security.

Database Choices and • Account Security: Identity Domains • RESTful Web Services Security Options:
Options (user pools) Oracle REST Data Services (formerly
• User Security: Authentication via Oracle APEX Listener)

Database Oracle.com identity; access and role • SSH Tunneling: Generate and store
DatabaseSecurity
Security
security private/public key pair on local PC;
• Database security: Schema users for create database instance in a VM, using
Administer, Manage, the public key stored on the cloud server
security (user access); data security
Monitor

Familiar Oracle Tools

Oracle Database Cloud–

Exadata Service

Exadata Service
Features and Options

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 Administer, Manage, Monitor
Administer
Because you have full OS root and
What Is It? SYS database access, you have full
administrative control of your VM and
your database via SSH, SQL Developer,
Why Database in the
Data Pump, SQL*Plus, and other tools.
Cloud?

Database Choices and Manage

Options Fully manage your database or have
Oracle manage standard database
operations, such as backup, patching, and
Database Security upgrade.

Administer,
Administer, Manage,
Manage, Monitor
Monitor
Monitor Many tools exist to monitor an Oracle
Database instance, including database
options directly accessible from Enterprise
Familiar Oracle Tools Manager Database Express 12c and
Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control.
Oracle Database Cloud–
In addition to all the standard database-
Exadata Service
monitoring tools, Oracle Database Cloud
Service includes a monitoring application
Exadata Service
that resides on a Database Cloud Service
Features and Options
instance’s VM. This monitor provides a
wide spectrum of information about VM
Get Started resource usage and Oracle Database
status.

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 Familiar Oracle Tools
For database development, Oracle Database Cloud Service lets you use your familiar Oracle
Database on-premises tools, such as Data Pump and SQL Loader. For example, you can:
What Is It? • Create SQL Developer connections to the database.
• Use the SQL Developer graphical interface and SQL Worksheet to execute database
Why Database in the development operations.
Cloud? • Use a terminal emulator to execute command-line operations on the database via SSH.

Database Choices and • Use any type of network connectivity, including SQL*Net, JDBC, and other drivers, to access
Options your dedicated instances.
• Transport data:

Database Security • Move data from on-

premises databases to cloud
databases
Administer, Manage,
• Move applications
Monitor
• Integrate applications
Familiar Oracle Tools • Create database links to
other database links

Oracle Database Cloud–

Exadata Service

Exadata Service
Features and Options

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 Oracle Database Cloud – Exadata
Service
Oracle Database Cloud – Exadata Service is the database
service engineered for mission-critical, production-level
What Is It? OLTP databases and data warehouse deployments on the
fastest and most available Cloud platform.

Why Database in the

• Proven Performance. Exadata is already in operation at
Cloud?
thousands of mission-critical sites worldwide.

Database Choices and

Options • Capacity on Demand. You can choose to run your Oracle
RAC database on 2, 4, or 8 database servers, coupled
with 3, 6, or 12 Exadata Storage Servers respectively.
Database Security
Enable between 14 and 34 CPU cores on each database
server, and pay for only the CPU cores that you enable.
Administer, Manage,
Monitor
• Rapid Provisioning. You can immediately take full control
of your dedicated, pre-built, fully functional Exadata
Familiar Oracle Tools environment to deploy databases using Oracle Database
11.2.0.4 or 12.1.0.2. Oracle Database Grid Infrastructure
12.1.0.2 is included.
Oracle Database Cloud–
Exadata Service
• All inclusive. Memory, storage, and network resources
Exadata Service are all included in the service, and you get all the
Features and Options Exadata Database Machine features and Oracle Database
Enterprise Edition—Extreme Performance options.

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 Exadata Service Features and Options
With Exadata Service, you get extreme Exadata performance and powerful technologies, such as multi-
tenant databases, In-Memory Databases, Real Application Clusters (RAC), InfiniBand Fabric, Smart Flash
What Is It? Cache, Smart Flash Log, and SQL off-loading to storage.
Zero Infrastructure Management
Why Database in the Your dedicated Exadata environment is
Cloud? automatically provisioned for you. Oracle experts
patch and maintain the hardware, firmware,
Database Choices and storage software, and hypervisor. When
Options convenient, you can run automated scripts to
patch the database software in line with your
application and workload requirements.
Database Security
High Availability for Always-On Operations
Administer, Manage, Exadata Service provides full data protection,
Monitor consistency, transactional isolation, a fully
active RAC cluster, triple mirrored storage, and
Familiar Oracle Tools redundant InfiniBand and Ethernet networks.
Mission-Critical Security
Oracle Database Cloud– Strict security is enforced with InfiniBand
Exadata Service partitioning, database encryption, and the
use of virtual machines to isolate the Oracle-
ExadataService
Exadata Service managed hardware from your Oracle Database
Featuresand
Features andOptions
Options implementation. By default, data is encrypted in
flight and at rest. Client access is via SSH, iPSec
Get Started VPN, and encrypted Oracle Net connections.
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Backup and Recovery
Exadata Service contains an automated backup
subsystem based on Oracle Recovery Manager
(RMAN). Backups can be stored locally on Exadata
storage in the Fast Recovery Area (FRA), or remotely
using Oracle Cloud Storage Containers (incurs separate
charges).
Hybrid Cloud Ready
Exadata Service is 100% compatible with existing
Oracle Databases. Automation tools are provided for
you to back up, patch, upgrade, and add databases to
ensure seamless hybrid cloud strategy implementation.
Flexible, No Risk Migration
You can perform logical migrations with Data Pump
and Golden Gate Replication to reorganize and
optimize your data. You can perform physical
migrations by using RMAN backups, Data Guard,
Transportable Tablespace or Transportable Database
technologies. You can also restore data from an Oracle
Database Cloud Service backup.
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Why Database in the
Oracle Store (shop.oracle.com) using their Watch Videos
Oracle.com account. • Creating a Database Cloud Instance
Cloud?
Also, an Oracle sales representative can • Connecting to a Database Instance in the Oracle
Database Choices and create a purchase order. Database Cloud Service
Options
• Getting Started with Exadata Service

Database Security Attend Oracle Cloud Events

See events.oracle.com and blogs.oracle.com/cloud
Administer, Manage, for information about Oracle Cloud events.
Monitor
Join the Community
Familiar Oracle Tools • Oracle Cloud Community: cloud.oracle.com
• Learn more at cloud.oracle.com/database

Oracle Database Cloud–

Exadata Service

Exadata Service
Features and Options

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