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See www.oracle.com/goto/cloud andhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/cloud/index.html


Concepts

Cloud Computer, this a cluster of Physical Servers with allot of virtual machines in it:
Cloud Computer Concept
Now available Official preconfigured images with Oracle Database 11g R1 on Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 1 as low as 0.10$ per hour.
With 24/7 server it's 0.10$*24*31=74$ per month.
Prices from amazon :

Price
Name
RAM
CPU
Platform
Real CPU
$0.10/hourSmall Instance (Default)1.7 GB1 virtual core with 1 EC2 Compute Unit32-bitvendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 65
model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2218 HE
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2599.998
cache size : 1024 KB
$0.40/hourLarge Instance7.5 GB2 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each64-bit
$0.80/hour Extra Large Instance15 GB4 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each64-bit

Not bad stats isn't it.


Presentation of new part of Amazon Cloud Computing tehnology(here).