Some of the things I have learned from attending the “Database as a service – Enterprise Cloud in three simple steps” session this morning at Oracle Open World

Some of the things I have learned from attending the “Database as a service – Enterprise Cloud in three simple steps” session this morning at Oracle Open World:

Both presenters Adeesh Fulay and Matthew McKerley did a very good job explaining things.

Traditional Database deployments	DBaaS (Database as a Service)
Configuration of Hardware	Request Database deployment via the Cloud
Configuration of Middleware	Adjust capacity on demand
Configuration of Database	Deploy Applications via the Cloud
Configuration of Application

Self Service

• Pre-packaged
• One click provisioning
• On demand scaling
• Metering – Chargeback
• Comparable with Amazon Cloud Services

Metering / Chargeback

• Charge reports for Cost Centers
• Rollup based on LDAP hierarchy

Creating a Cloud

• Automated discovery and resource base-lining
• Consolidation Planning
  • Eliminates inefficient use of resources
  • Cloud models on Virtualized and Physical platforms

Something on Hiearchy

• Cloud – Top-level entity
  • Database zones – Defines a logical unit based on configuration, version etc.
    • Database software – Oracle Home
      • RAC Cluster – Collection of Servers with Clusterware installed

Cloud Administrator

• Provision
• Manage Cloud Resources
• Create Users and Roles
• Manage Security and Policies
• Provision Database Software

Self Service Administrator

• Define deployment procedures for database provisioning
• Define services in Service Catalog for deployment by Self Service users
• Assign quotas to Users and Roles
• Define access boundaries (map Roles to Zones)

Database Provisioning Procedures

• Usage of Provisioning Profiles
• Ability to lock down certain Configuration Parameters
• Catalog of Service Templates – saved Deployment Procedures

Creation of database zones

• Policy constraints per Host
  • Max CPU utilization
  • Max MEM
  • Max number of database instances