Decoding OCI's Database Deployment Options - Part 2

In part1, I summarized the options available for DB deployment on OCI and described the Base Database Service. In this post I will talk about the second group i.e. Exadata platform based services in detail and explore the possible deployment scenarios. When it comes to Exadata based options, it get a little complex as there are multiple ways to do it. To reiterate, there are two ways the deployment can be done. One is in the public cloud and another one is the private cloud (Exadata Cloud@Customer aka ExaCC) where the hardware is deployed in the customer’s data center. Let’s now explore the different offerings. ...

July 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM · 4 min · 829 words · Amardeep Sidhu

Decoding OCI's Database Deployment Options - Part 1

So, you are looking to run a database on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), right ? Great ! But then you login, and suddenly you are faced with a whole range of services that can feel a bit…overwhelming. It’s not always obvious which one’s the right fit, especially for someone new to the OCI database landscape. That’s why I wanted to start this series of posts where we will walk through all the options that OCI throws at us for deploying databases. ...

June 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM · 4 min · 788 words · Amardeep Sidhu