Here is how the unique OCI Pod<\/strong> architecture makes sub-millisecond latency possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The biggest reason for the speed is physical proximity. Oracle and Microsoft have partnered to build “Child Sites”<\/strong> directly inside Azure data centers. We call these sites OCI Pods<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think of an OCI Pod as a physical extension of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). It isn’t a “light” version of the cloud; it contains the exact same hardware and software found in any other OCI region, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a typical setup, data travels through multiple gateways to get from one provider to another. Oracle Database@Azure uses a direct private network link<\/strong> between the OCI Pod and the Azure network in the same building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When your Azure app talks to the database, the packets don’t leave the building. They travel through a local link to an edge gateway in the OCI Pod, which hands them directly to your Exadata instance. This “short-circuit” ensures your traffic never leaves the Azure data center, keeping it secure and lightning-fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you provision an Oracle Database in your Azure VNet, a bit of “cloud magic” happens under the hood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though the hardware lives in an Azure data center, the OCI Control Plane<\/strong> still manages the show. When you click “Create” in the Azure portal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more: First Principles: Powering mission critical applications with Oracle Database@Azure | cloud-infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n By using the OCI Pod<\/strong> architecture, you get the best of both worlds. You can use Azure\u2019s AI and app services alongside the world\u2019s fastest database, all while enjoying the same security patching, updates, and operational controls used across all of OCI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not just two clouds working together\u2014it\u2019s two clouds living together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How “OCI Pods” Bring Sub-Millisecond Latency to Azure If you\u2019re running mission-critical apps in the cloud, you know that speed is everything. Traditionally, “multicloud” meant connecting two different clouds over a distance, which always added a delay. Oracle Database@Azure fixes this by physically changing the map. Here is how the unique OCI Pod architecture makes … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[130,111],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multicloud-hybrid","tag-database-azure","tag-multicloud"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ODAA-POD.jpg?fit=778%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2894,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions\/2894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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