Announcing Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated, an air-gapped environment for mission-critical Workloads

Announcing Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated, an air-gapped environment for mission-critical Workloads

We are excited to announce Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated (C3I), which is the latest addition to Oracle’s Edge Cloud portfolio. Committed to organizations with stringent security requirements globally, Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated is a full-featured, air-gapped edge cloud system that offers the same services as Compute Cloud@Customer X11. Only authorized personnel can operate these systems. This new offering is expected to be generally available for ordering in the coming months.  Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated will be available on the latest generation Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer X11 platform with the latest, 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors.

Deploy Sovereign Cloud at the edge – for all your workloads, including AI/ML

Oracle’s Edge Cloud portfolio provides infrastructure deployed in your secure datacenter to address data residency, security and low latency requirements while enabling OCI core IaaS services. Each option is designed to meet the operational and workload requirements of your use case – in either connected or disconnected mode.  Oracle offers rack scale solutions for edge deployments:

• Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer (C3): A fully managed, rack-scale distributed cloud platform that brings Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute, storage, and networking services to your data center, while connected to an OCI region, and lets you pay using Oracle Universal Credits (OpEx). Oracle sets up the system in your data center, connects it to your OCI tenancy, and manages the infrastructure for you. Access to Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer is centrally managed from the parent OCI tenancy by Oracle.
• Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated (C3I): An Air-gapped, secured & sovereign rack-scale cloud infrastructure solution for classified and mission critical workloads that allows you to operate in disconnected mode from OCI. These devices are priced per day and let you pay using Oracle Universal Credits (OpEx). C3I systems can be managed by customers, partners or Oracle CSS via managed services.

Run your workloads on the latest Generation AMD processors

Introducing the latest generation Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer X11 platform with 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors for compute nodes and Oracle ZFS Storage ZS11-2 based controllers. As per OCI performance benchmarking, compared to OCI compute shape E5, E6 delivers up to 50% price-performance improvement for compute instances. Start with a configuration that fits your current workload and expand incrementally when the need for compute power and storage capacity increases. Networking at high speed and bandwidth is built-in for all configurations. The minimum base rack deployment of Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer contains 3 compute nodes (552 cores). By adding more compute nodes, the capacity of 552 cores and 6.7 TB memory can be expanded to a maximum of 1656 cores and 20.1 TB of memory in a single rack and up to 6,072 cores and 20.1 TB in a multi-rack configuration. Storage capacity can be scaled independently of compute resources. The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance installed in the base rack provides block, file, and object storage to support all types of workloads.

Customer Challenges

Public cloud adoption has become mainstream as enterprises and governments take advantage of managed services, cloud economics, scale, security, and agility. In contrast, defense, government, and intelligence communities typically run classified workloads and proprietary data on-premises, due to data sovereignty and security requirements. Yet, these agencies require the innovation, security, and computing scale of a dedicated full-featured cloud platform. C3I provides the best of both worlds: The simplicity, scalability, and economics of the cloud – secured in your own datacenter; providing high performance and addressing compliance and sovereignty needs.

Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated Architecture

Key Features of Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated

Air-Gapped System: Operates via air-gapped networks and is only connected to the customer’s secure networks with zero automated data egress. Designed for classified, proprietary and mission critical workloads.

Operational Sovereignty: Oracle has a proven track record of operating sovereign regions in the EU, and air-gapped regions in the US and UK, proven 24/7 in-country operations. Oracle supports C3I using in-country-cleared CSS staff.

Security by Design: Engineered to provide unmatched security against cyber threats, incorporating zero-trust principles, sovereign control over data, and sovereign AI capabilities at the edge.

Service Parity: Provides service parity with C3. Oracle is committed to deploying an identical portfolio of services in all Edge Cloud Portfolio systems in the customer data center, focusing on compatibility, scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.

Compliance: Designed to meet the most rigorous standards including FedRAMP

Performance and Innovation: Designed for high-performance computing; supports advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, enabling real-time decision-making and operational superiority.

AI Where Needed: From single GPUs analyzing drone footage at the front line to larger clusters training classified intelligence models— Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated delivers the right capability for each mission requirement.

Use Cases

• Defense: C3I protects sensitive and classified information while enabling the latest technologies and services to be at the forefront of defense development. It’s built with redundancy and durability to offer continuity of operations provided by air-gapped systems.
• Government: Many countries have a desire for a government cloud in their country that addresses compliance and regulatory requirements. C3I allows for one private cloud enabling them to share resources and at the same time enabling isolation in environments locally operated by government-cleared personnel.
• Telecom: C3I’s air-gapped solution is designed to meet the demands of mission-critical workloads and to address local regulatory requirements in the telecom sector.
• Finance: Air-gapping provides an option for financial services firms and banks to address local regulatory requirements while protecting sensitive financial information. By deploying AI-driven fraud detection systems on C3I, banks can analyze millions of transactions daily with extreme speed and precision.
• Healthcare: Provides a low latency platform for local operations on medical equipment, while protecting sensitive clinical trial records and processing protected health information.
• Manufacturing: Enables low latency processing for proprietary data to run locally, including AI where needed to train proprietary models and run inferencing to recognize patterns in data sets.
• Utilities: Provides secure and isolated systems to support infrastructure in remote or rural regions where there is no access to public cloud, ideal for use cases like power line or drainage monitoring and predictive analytics.

Operations & Management of Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated

Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated allows for complete data sovereignty and secure/flexible operational control through a Shared Operations Model. C3I can be supported by in-country, government-cleared personnel and only accessible from secure government networks. Organizations maintain authority over data location and cloud management with consistent security controls across all deployment sizes. Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated is priced per day with a minimum lease term of 48 months. Customers have unlimited use of the system in their possession. Oracle supports C3I through the following operations and management models:

Customer Managed (requires training): Customers manage the system on their own.

Partner Managed (requires training): Customers onboard a trained/qualified partner to manage the rack for them.

Oracle CSS Managed (paid service): Oracle Customer Success Services (CSS) manages the rack for the customer, with an option to add cleared in-country staff.

Deploy Where Needed, Scale When Ready

We know that every use case is different. Oracle redefines sovereign cloud agility by empowering defense customers to start precisely where missions demand while expanding for future needs. The Fast-Start path allows for delivery of on-premises sovereign cloud capacity with Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated in as little as 6-8 weeks, based on customer readiness, during build-out of the Oracle Cloud Isolated Region (OCIR). Our phased journey allows customers to seamlessly transition from tactical edge computing, through C3 Isolated deployments, all the way up to a hyperscale, air-gapped OCIR. This core-to-edge disconnected cloud journey allows defense customers to maintain complete control of their mission-critical environments. Oracle enables you to leverage existing resources while preparing for future growth; scaling your resources as needed.

To learn more about Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer, see Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer. To learn more about Oracle Cloud Isolated Region, see OCIR.

To learn more about Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated, rea ch out to your Oracle Sales Representative in the appropriate region.