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SMB protocol on OCI: An analysis of the available options

Post published:10 April 2024
Post category:Cloud

Many enterprise infrastructures still use the server message block (SMB) protocol. Having a clear understanding of the implementation possibilities and the various associated costs on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is crucial. You can consider several options for implementation and support of the SMB protocol in OCI. In this blog post, we explore five solutions. Depending on the required business availability and the amount of data to be allocated, it’s important to evaluate which solution is the most suitable for your…

Deploy an HA SAMBA cluster with Windows Active Directory integration on OCI

Post published:1 February 2024
Post category:Cloud Tutorial

In this post, we discuss how to configure an high availability with automatic failover of SAMBA on UBUNTU instances into Oracle OCI. This solution is a robust and reliable file server infrastructure, leveraging the power of a clustered SMB setup and completly license free. The cost is related only to the consumption (oCPU and Block Volume size). The benefits of implementing a clustered SMB file server service into your organization are multiple: Reliability: The clustered configuration ensures high availability, minimizing…

How to reach the maximum disk I/O throughput with Windows OS instances on OCI

Post published:31 May 2023
Post category:Cloud

When maximum I/O disk performance is essential for your Windows-based production service, choosing the right configuration that can deliver it is critical. This post covers two options to achieve the max I/O throughput with a Windows OS-based instance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Windows OS currently has several limitations for the shapes available and eligible with the OCI Block Volume service. The final I/O performance of a server is a sum of several factors, not only the Compute shape. Choosing…