Recent Posts by Rajan Panchapakesan

In this blog, we provide a general overview of the recently released Intel Optimized instances and outline why they’re superior to previous generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Intel instances. We also go a step further and benchmark these instances against existing Intel based instances from AWS. Not all clouds or processors are the same, and the performance and the savings you realize might surprise you. OCI Intel Optimized instances perform up to 58% better and...

At Oracle OpenWorld 2018, we announced a strategic partnership with AMD and launched the Oracle E2 platform on the first generation of AMD EPYC processors. Since that launch, we’ve deployed Oracle E2 Compute instances to all of our commercial regions. Eighteen months later, in April 2020, we built on this partnership and launched the E3 platform on the second generation. Many of our enterprise customers and Oracle Cloud applications are running general-purpose workloads on...

Eighteen months ago, at Oracle OpenWorld 2018, we announced a strategic partnership with AMD and launched our first generation of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute instances on first-generation AMD EPYC processors. Since that launch, we’ve deployed AMD E2 compute instances to all of our commercial regions. This has been a very successful product, and many of our enterprise customers and Oracle Cloud applications are running general-purpose workloads on AMD EPYC processors. To...

An important recent development in cloud infrastructure is the introduction of new, cost-effective compute instances based on AMD EPYC processors. Although infrastructure details might not be the most exciting part of the cloud, checking the performance and price of your cloud provider's options can give you an advantage. Not all clouds, or processors, are the same, and the savings might surprise you. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AMD compute instances perform 30 percent better...

As the world of computing continues to evolve, you require a diverse set of hardware and software tools to tackle your workloads in the cloud. With this in mind, I am excited to share that today, at Oracle OpenWorld 2018, we announced a collaboration with AMD to provide a new “E” series of compute instances on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The “E” series compute instances, showcase the higher core count, memory bandwidth, I/O bandwidth, advanced security features, and value of...

I am Rajan Panchapakesan, a product manager in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure team. I'm excited to announce the availability of our industry-first Enterprise SLAs. While other cloud vendors offer data plane availability SLAs, these only address one aspect of running your workload in the Cloud: the ability to reach your resources a certain percentage of time. This does not ensure that you can manage your resources or deploy new ones (control plane availability). Nor does...