Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute VMs provide secure and elastic compute capacity in the cloud for workloads ranging from small development projects to large-scale, global applications such as real-time communication platforms. Flexible shapes enable users to optimize VM resources with customized processor and memory values for improved price performance.
OCI’s new capabilities range from compute instances and block volumes that can dynamically adjust to meet demand to high performance NVIDIA GPU instances.
There is a perfect storm of complexity in the cloud infrastructure market. Flexible vCPU and RAM from OCI can reduce complexity and better meet application needs.
OCI meets 90% of Gartner’s Required criteria, including scores of 100% for compute, storage, networking, and software infrastructure.
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Configure virtual machines to precisely meet application requirements. Flexible VMs offer nonstandard configurations like 3vCPUs and 13GB of RAM for AMD, Arm, and Intel processors.
OCI offers standard shapes, dense I/O shapes, GPU shapes, and optimized shapes for general purpose, database, hardware-accelerated, and HPC workloads.
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Masahiko Tamura
General Manager, Supply Chain Systems Department, Mazda Motor Corporation
“We saw a financial performance that allowed us just out of the gate to save 40% in our CapEx expenditure, and with the great performance we're getting from OCI, the ROI that we deliver with our suite continues to get better and better.”
Mike Morini
Chief Executive Officer, WorkForce Software
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Energy Intelligence Manager, National Grid ESO
“In OCI, we just flip a switch to instantly scale up for more capacity and then scale back down when our traffic levels off. You just can’t beat that.”
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A flexible shape lets users customize the number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) and the amount of memory (RAM) when launching or resizing virtual machines. The network bandwidth and number of virtual network interfaces (VNICs) scale proportionately with the number of OCPUs. This flexibility lets engineers build VMs that match their workloads, enabling the organization to optimize performance and minimize cost.
Standard instances are designed for general-purpose workloads and suitable for a wide range of applications and use cases. Standard shapes provide a balance of cores, memory, and network resources, and are available with Intel, AMD, and Arm-based processors. Dense I/O shapes can be used for large databases, big data workloads, and applications that require high-performance local storage. GPU shapes include Intel or AMD CPUs and NVIDIA graphics processors for AI/ML workloads and video rendering. Optimized shapes are ideal for high performance computing (HPC) workloads.
Burstable instances provide a baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst to a higher level to support occasional spikes in usage. Burstable instances are designed for scenarios where an instance is typically idle or has low CPU utilization with occasional spikes in usage. They're also ideal for scaled-down workloads that don't require a full core.
Preemptible instances improve economics for workloads that only need to run for brief periods or that can be interrupted when the capacity is reclaimed. Preemptible instances behave the same as regular compute instances, but the capacity is reclaimed when it's needed elsewhere, and the instances are terminated.
Confidential instances protect data while in use at the hardware level. Securing the in-memory data processed on compute instances reduces the threat of data leakage or compromise due to vulnerabilities in underlying infrastructure components.
Shielded instances harden the firmware security on bare metal hosts and virtual machines (VMs) to defend against malicious boot level software. Shielded instances use the combination of Secure Boot, Measured Boot, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to harden the firmware security on OCI instances. Shielded instances running on Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 support Windows Defender Credential Guard, which uses the TPM to protect virtualization-based security encryption keys.
Pay for only the compute capacity consumed. With on-demand capacity, customers pay for compute capacity by the second, and pay only for the seconds that their instances are running.
Reserve capacity for future usage, and ensure that capacity is available to create compute instances whenever it’s needed. When instances are terminated, the capacity is returned to the reservation, and the unused capacity in the reservation increases.
Run VM instances on dedicated servers that are a single tenant and not shared with other customers. This feature lets customers meet compliance and regulatory requirements or to meet host-based licensing requirements.
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Product | Comparison Price (/vCPU) * | Unit price | Unit |
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AMD-based instances |
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Compute - Standard - E5 - OCPU |
OCPU per hour |
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Compute - Standard - E5 - Memory |
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Compute - Standard - E4 - OCPU |
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Compute - Standard - E4 - Memory |
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Compute - Standard - E3 - OCPU |
OCPU per hour |
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Compute - Standard - E3 - Memory |
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Ampere (Arm)-based instances |
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Compute – Ampere A1 – OCPU |
OCPU per hour |
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Compute – Ampere A1 – Memory |
Gigabyte per hour | ||
Intel-based instances |
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Compute - Standard - X9 - OCPU |
OCPU per hour | ||
Compute - Standard - X9 - Memory |
Gigabyte per hour | ||
Compute - Virtual Machine Optimized - X9 - OCPU |
OCPU per hour |
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Compute - Virtual Machine Optimized - X9 - Memory |
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Compute - Virtual Machine Standard - X7 |
OCPU per hour |
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Compute - Virtual Machine Dense I/O - X7 |
OCPU per hour |
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Compute - Virtual Machine Standard - B1 |
OCPU per hour |
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