Ampere has tested a set of 130+ images verified to run on the OCI Ampere A1 platform through daily regressions. These are common software packages found in many Cloud-Native stacks that show the maturity of the ecosystem on the A1 instances.
Oracle offers a comprehensive line of Ampere A1 platforms that can run a diverse and broad set of Linux workloads such as web servers, open-source databases, in-memory applications, big data analytics, gaming, media, and more. In addition, OCI makes accessing this new infrastructure very easy with generous access programs such as:
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Performance Spotlight
Elasticsearch on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Learn how Ampere Altra takes Elasticsearch to a new level on OCI
DeathStarBench Social Network on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
DeathStarBench is an open-source benchmark suite developed at Cornell University. It includes several end-to-end services, one of which is the social network application.
Spark on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Apache Spark is an open source, distributed processing system used for big data workloads. It utilizes in-memory caching, and optimized query execution for fast analytic queries against data of any size.
Hadoop on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
The Apache Hadoop framework is designed for distributed processing of large data sets intended to scale out from a single server to thousands of machines, each offering local computation, storage, or both.
OCI Ampere A1 Platform Configurations
Get a virtual instance featuring Ampere Altra right-sized for your workload with OCI Ampere A1 Flexible VMs. OCI leads the market in performance/$ on many workloads.
OCI Ampere A1 Flexible VM Shapes are extremely versatile. These shapes can be sized to fit the requirements of almost any workload. OCI's convenient configurators makes building and launching Flexible VMs easy while allowing the operator to maximise their cost and footprint efficiency leaving little stranded capacity behind.
Flexible VM Shapes Overview | |
Description | Get a VM instance that is configured by a sliding scale for cores and memory |
Compute Shapes | Scalable 1-80 Ampere® Altra® Cores |
Memory Options | Scalable 1GB to 512GB DRAM |
Network | Scalable 1-40Gb Ethernet |
Network Options | VNIC Options Configurable with up to 24 VNICs |
Block Storage | Boot volume customisable up to 32 TB |
Partner | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) |
Access a powerful Bare Metal instance featuring 2x Ampere® Altra® processors giving customers full control of their entire cloud stack on the new Cloud-Native Ampere platform.
OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal instances are extremely powerful. Bare metal gives customers full control of the cloud stack for any level of Cloud-Native service. OCI's convenient provisioning systems make building and launching Bare Metal instances a snap! OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal have enhanced security given the single threaded nature of the Ampere Altra cores. OCI infrastructure is also agent-less given customer the peace of mind that there is no compromised performance or additional security risk due to the zero software install base of OCI Bare Metal platforms.
OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal Shape Overview | |
Description | Bare Metal instance with customisable OS image options |
Compute Shapes | 160 Ampere® Altra® Cores (2P) |
Memory Options | 1 TB DRAM |
Network | 100Gb Ethernet NIC |
Network Options | Virtual cloud network options available |
Block Storage | Boot volume customisable up to 32 TB |
Partner | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) |
Managed on-premises OCI Ampere A1 platforms offered in Bare Metal and Flex VM shapes.
Get all the benefits of the OCI Infrastructure delivered on premises. This option allows large enterprise customers to take advantage of the superior economic value of the OCI Ampere A1 platform in the security of their own data center. The Dedicated Region option also offers customers access to over 50+ services offered by Oracle in their public cloud. Flex VM, Bare Metal, or both are available.
Bare Metal Shapes | |
Description | Bare Metal instance with customisable OS image options |
Compute Shapes | 160 Ampere® Altra® Cores (2P) |
Memory Options | 1 TB DRAM |
Network | 100Gb Ethernet NIC |
Network Options | Virtual cloud network options available |
Block Storage | Boot volume customizable up to 32 TB |
Flex VM Shapes | |
Description | Get a VM instance that is configured by a sliding scale for cores and memory |
Compute Shapes | Scalable 1-80 Ampere® Altra® Cores |
Memory Options | Scalable 1GB to 512GB DRAM |
Network | Scalable 1-100Gb Ethernet VNIC |
Network Options | VNIC Options Configurable with up to 24 VNICs |
Block Storage | Boot volume customisable up to 32 TB |
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