A couple of days ago, I received a phone call from a former colleague of mine, who now works for an Oracle partner. He asked me two very simple questions: “What is the difference between OCPUs and ECPU in OCI?” and “Do ECPUs apply only to Autonomous Database, or also to Exadata Cloud@Customer databases?” I […]
This article was published 7 months ago, but in the meantime so many things changed on the hyperscaler offering that I decided to rewrite the article (still at the same address “Your Guide to Oracle Multi-Cloud: How and Where to Track Service Availability” – Cloud Stories from the Field). I am keeping this article just
Why this question matters This question recently came up during a discussion with a customer. The customer is currently running Oracle databases on premises and is planning a migration to Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC). In an on premises environment, we assume the customer already owns all the licenses required to run their databases in a
This article is based on a presentation that my colleague, Soyhan Parlar, delivered at the Swiss Oracle User Group Day in Bern in March 2026, which we prepared together. A New Opportunity for Autonomous Database Oracle Autonomous Database was launched back in 2018. However, at least in Switzerland, adoption has not been as widespread as
A step-by-step guide to finding the answer by yourself Recently, a procurement officer from a customer I’m working with reached out to me with a question: “Is the Exadata Management Pack included in the License Included option?” The customer is using several Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) systems. As you may know, there are two ways to
Last week, during the Swiss Oracle User Group Day in Bern, hosted at Mobiliar as part of its 200-year anniversary, Moritz Werning from Swisscom and Erika Sciunzi from Oracle presented the use case behind the implementation of the FinOps dashboard I recently talked about (more details here) The Motivation The customer began by explaining why
Exadata on-premises vs cloud: what hardware flexibility really means. Start smaller, scale up or down, refresh faster, and cut TCO:a practical five-year comparison.
A few weeks ago, during a customer meeting, I was asked about the best way to create personalized reports for controlling costs in their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) tenant. Fortunately, OCI offers several built-in tools to help users monitor, analyze, and manage cloud spending. Among these are OCI Cost Analysis and Scheduled Reports, which provide
One of the most familiar Oracle Database initialization parameters for DBAs is the SESSIONS parameter. This setting limits the maximum number of concurrent sessions, effectively connections, allowed on an Oracle Database instance. The first time you reach this maximum is memorable: every new connection attempt is denied with an ORA-00018: maximum number of sessions exceeded
With the latest DB@Azure announcement, more customers are considering migrating their legacy databases to the cloud, taking advantage of running Oracle Database on their preferred hyperscaler. In my conversations with customers, I consistently see growing interest in Oracle Autonomous Database as a top choice. The discussion often starts with features like manageability, scalability and security
