I have had the pleasure the last few months to have my own OCVS (Oracle Cloud VMware Solution) running in the Oracle Cloud. My environment is a 3 bare metal server environment totaling 2304 GB RAM, 156 Cores and 150 TB! NVME local Storage. The environment comes deployed with NSX-T, the network overlay technology from… Read More »
While Oracle Databases rock, having the right skill-set to manage them might be a bigger struggle. The Oracle Autonomous Database is for that reason becoming more and more popular, as this database is fully managed and optimized by Oracle’s AI system. Often to use a type is Database is dictated by the application. Does the… Read More »
Updated; This comparison is updated on December 1st 2020. It includes both VMware server offerings, the new Azure offering (not cloudsimple based) and the new regions and price changes for Azure and Google. If you want to extend your on-premise VMware environment to the public cloud, you wil find that most public clouds offer a… Read More »
Ever tried to delete a compartment in OCI? You likely run into the issue, that the deletion did not happen, because there where still resources in the compartment. Which resources?? well that was up to you to find 🙂 And this something was really hard to find. This initiated my idea behind my OCI-Superdelete script… Read More »
2 years ago I started work on the OCI-AutoScaling script. I wanted to run my workloads on OCI as efficiently as possible. So workloads that I did not need in the evenings or weekends could automatically be turned off orscaled down. With the new release this OCI-AutoScaling script now support 8 OCI services! Based on… Read More »
While just launched, thanks to VMworld and active bloggers, there is already a huge variety of content available about running VMware on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Want to learn more, check out this list: VMworld on-demand sessions: How globally distributed enterprises move key Oracle workloads to the cloud [HCPS2840S]Architecting Oracle Workloads on Oracle Cloud… Read More »
Next week the VMworld party is happening again. This time of course online only, but also a first, you can attend for FREE!!! The Oracle Cloud is present at VMworld, explaining the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution to the wide VMware Community. Here an overview: Check out the full VMworld Content Catalog:https://my.vmworld.com/widget/vmware/vmworld2020/catalog?
55.840 Different CPU and Memory Configurations!
The better you can “right-size” you instances, the more effective lower cost you can achieve.
To facilitate this, OCI is the first cloud provider where you can individually select the amount of CPU cores and separately select the amount of Memory for your instance. (Within some boundaries).
3 key connectivity partners (Equinix, Megaport and Colt) have made demonstration videos on how to setup FastConnect using their networks.
Check them out here.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating! Hopefully you have already heard great stories about the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), but why not test it our your self! Oracle have launched a platform for Live Labs. At this moment of writing there are 38 Workshops available! You can run these workshops using your own OCI account, a new… Read More »
Would you like the schedule (based on time) Power On/Off and/or Scaling operations for your OCI resources? Well that is very easily possible with my Auto Scaling Script! The Script supports: Compute VMs: On/Off Instance Pools: On/Off and Scaling (# of instances) Database VMs: On/Off Database Baremetal Servers: Scaling (# of CPUs) Autonomous Databases: On/Off… Read More »
It makes me happy to see more and more people are starting to see the Oracle Cloud as a serious Cloud Vendor. Already big services like zoom’s Video Conferencing, Cisco’s Tetration service and 8×8 Video Conferencing are using the Oracle Cloud (OCI), but now also Gartner is starting to notice the Oracle Cloud 🙂 Read… Read More »
Per-Second billing now on almost all resources! And a new schedule based auto scaling for Instance pools
See a full overview in this post of all the key services that support elastic scaling and usage.
Frequently I have noticed, people always struggle with SSH key generation when they need to create a resource on OCI. So I was pleasantly surprised today to notice an update in creating a Compute VM. You now (finally) have an option to have the keys generated for you. I know it is a small feature… Read More »
Who does not like pretty charts 😉 Well the OCI Manager App for iphones now shows your last 14 days of consumption in a “pretty” chart. Ok, I am still a bit of an amateur developer, to the charts are not pretty yet, but it is a start. Took me some time to figure out… Read More »
Reduce your OCI bill or get the correct performance when needed! The OCI Auto Scaling super script can automatically execute the right Scale Up/Down and Power On/Off actions based on a daily schedule.
The script supports: Compute VMs, Instance Pools, Database VMs, Database Baremetal and the Autonomous Database
Update: Free training materials are still available, but signing up for free certification has now been closed. You can access the following learning paths: Oracle Autonomous Database Specialist Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations Associate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations Associate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Associate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional If… Read More »
Networking in the Cloud Youtube Series Want to learn more about networking in the Oracle Cloud? There are multi places you can go. You can read the official documentation or try some of the available hands-on labs, but I personally love just watching youtube videos on everything I want to learn. Eli Schilling, a product… Read More »
OCI is seriously improving it’s capabilities to help customer understand their consumption with the new cost analysis tool and the new Cost reports. One thing that is still missing, is an easy way to see what your actual rate card it. Meaning what do you pay for each resource per hour and are you getting… Read More »
Understanding your consumption and cost in the cloud is important, nobody likes nasty expensive surprises at the end of the month. To help understand your consumption better, OCI has released a new Cost Analysis tools. In the new Cost Analysis tool you can filter on:– Tags– Service– SKUs– Units It is also possible to change… Read More »