The new cloud service targets AI applications and high availability
Oracle has officially made its Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure available. The service is designed for AI-driven applications and other applications that need to be continuously available, even across multiple cloud regions.
Always Online, Even During Outages
The database uses an Active/Active/Active architecture that runs the same application or database simultaneously across three or more data centers. With such an architecture, everything continues to function even if one or more locations fail. Data is automatically synchronized to prevent data loss.
According to Oracle, the service is up to fifty times faster than comparable cloud offerings. Thanks to the serverless architecture, capacity can be automatically scaled without manual management, which is useful for fluctuating AI workloads. The technology also helps companies comply with data location regulations by automatically storing data in the correct location.
Rob Strechay, director of the sister research firm of SiliconANGLE, praised the scalability of this architecture. “It will be crucial for organizations looking to build next-gen applications,” he says.
Widely Applicable
The database supports both traditional transactions and modern AI applications, such as real-time image recognition and vector search. Because the full Oracle Database and SQL functionality is retained, applications do not need to undergo major changes.