OCI Dedicated Region Features

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Self-contained cloud region

OCI Dedicated Region provides all Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s public cloud services in a self-contained, independent cloud region in a physical location of your choice. You can start with as few as 3 racks and scale fast (up to more than 450 racks) while retaining full control of your data and services to address the strictest security, regulatory, and data residency requirements. We’ll install, operate, support, and upgrade each OCI Dedicated Region in the same way we maintain OCI public cloud regions worldwide.

Full Stack cloud services

OCI Dedicated Region offers more than 150 public cloud services, similar to those available in OCI public cloud regions. As the only product to offer a fully integrated cloud experience on-premises for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, OCI Dedicated Region allows you to modernize legacy applications and quickly build new cloud native ones.

  • Seamlessly lift and shift legacy workloads using any of Oracle Cloud’s services, such as bare metal compute, VMs, and GPUs; database services, such as Oracle Autonomous Database; and container-based services, such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Kubernetes Engine.
  • Access new cloud services and features on-premises as they become available in Oracle public cloud regions to help improve agility and innovate faster.
  • Run Oracle SaaS services, such as Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications for ERP, financials, HCM, and SCM.
  • Simplify capacity management via OCI Control Center, an extension of the OCI Console.

Defense-in-depth security

OCI Dedicated Region provides hardened physical and perimeter network security while enhancing the security of the platform, data, and applications with Oracle security controls and services. OCI Dedicated Region uses the same defense-in-depth architecture approach as OCI, combined with layered security controls.

  • The data centers are required to be physically secured by restricted access, with multiple levels of authorization and clean hardware and firmware.
  • As part of site prerequisites, the infrastructure is secured via a management network that’s isolated from the customer’s network, tenants, and compartments.
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Web Application Firewall, OCI Identity and Access Management, OCI Vault, Oracle Cloud Guard, and more safeguard the applications.
  • Data is secured at rest and in motion via AES 256-bit and AES 128-bit TDE encryption, TLS 1.2, and FIPS 140-2 Level 3–certified hardware for key storage services.
  • Observability is performed via security automation, audit logs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring and Reporting, and security information and event management monitoring 24/7/365.
  • Benefit from zero-downtime patching and OS management—access new security updates as Oracle makes them available in public cloud regions.
  • At no additional cost, Oracle certifies services running on OCI Dedicated Region for CSA STAR, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, and ISO 27018 and conducts semiannual audits.

Consistent operations and development experience

OCI Dedicated Region lets you build a truly consistent development experience for all IaaS and PaaS workloads by using the exact same tools, APIs, and SLAs that are available in OCI’s public cloud regions.

  • You can monitor consumption via OCI Control Center within the OCI Console and replenish capacity in collaboration with Oracle.
  • Oracle teams install, operate, support, and upgrade each OCI Dedicated Region in the same manner as OCI public cloud regions are maintained worldwide.
  • You can rely on the exact same tools and APIs that are available in Oracle’s public cloud regions for a truly consistent development experience for on-premises workloads.
  • Use multiple OCI Dedicated Regions to support high availability and create business continuity solutions in-country.

Superior economics

OCI Dedicated Region uses the same competitive and globally consistent pricing model as OCI’s public cloud regions. Organizations buy a subscription to consume cloud services instead of building their own cloud, so expenses incurred are OpEx, not CapEx. OCI Dedicated Region's built-in capabilities let you optimize budgets, reduce underused resources, and accurately forecast spending.

  • Pay only for the services you consume at the consistent, predictable low prices that Oracle offers in public cloud regions.
  • The cost of running workloads is the same regardless of where your OCI Dedicated Regions are deployed, making it easier to accurately forecast the cost of applications running in multiple regions and locations.
  • Get the exact compute and memory resources you need to match workloads via OCI’s flexible shapes. Leverage preemptible instances to save up to 50% compared with on-demand instances. Use burstable instances for scaled-down workloads that don't require a full CPU core.
  • Oracle standard operations and support are included at no additional cost.