Oracle has unveiled an on-premises appliance called Base Database Cloud@Customer that allows its database to be operated at branch offices, remote sites and small business units.

A recent report by SiliconANGLE said the product targets demand for smaller deployments than the Exadata Cloud@Customer X11M, which is for large database environments.

Oracle designed the new system as an 8U, 14-inch module that can be placed in a server rack. It contains two servers based on AMD fifth-generation EPYC chips. Each server supports 60 usable CPU cores and 660 GB of memory.

The base storage is an 11.6 TB flash module. It can be expanded to up to 47.2 TB by adding SSDs. The storage also supports triple mirroring, which replicates each record three times and stores it on different SSDs.

It also provides high availability and disaster recovery functions. By default, the database instance runs on one of the two servers, and in high availability mode a single database instance can be deployed across both servers. Active Data Guard creates a read-only copy and updates it whenever original data is added. Before records are synchronised to the backup copy, it also checks for threats such as ransomware.

The system can run other workloads besides databases, such as AI agents. Oracle explained that running agents on the same system as the database used for prompt responses can reduce latency and simplify maintenance.