FlashGrid supports Oracle AI Database 26ai

We are excited to announce that FlashGrid Cluster and FlashGrid Server version 26.05 now support Oracle AI Database 26ai, Oracle’s next long-term support release and its most advanced AI-native database platform to date.

Oracle AI Database 26ai introduces more than 300 new capabilities focused on artificial intelligence, developer productivity, performance, and mission-critical availability. By integrating AI directly into the database engine, it enables organizations to build AI-powered applications and bring AI closer to their enterprise data while maintaining the security, governance, and transactional consistency that Oracle Database is known for.

Oracle AI Database 26ai on FlashGrid

FlashGrid customers can deploy Oracle AI Database 26ai in highly available cloud architectures across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

FlashGrid enables Oracle RAC deployments on native cloud virtual machines, delivering the proven availability and scalability of Oracle RAC without requiring proprietary cloud database services. Organizations can leverage their existing Oracle investments while maintaining full control over infrastructure architecture, operations, and licensing.

With FlashGrid Cluster, customers can deploy Oracle RAC across multiple Availability Zones to achieve resilient cloud architectures designed for mission-critical workloads. FlashGrid’s engineered cloud infrastructure provides:

• Oracle RAC support on native cloud compute instances
• Multi-Availability Zone high availability architectures
• Active-active database clustering
• Automated deployment
• High-performance shared storage infrastructure
• Native cloud monitoring and operational tooling

Organizations can achieve 99.99%, 99.999%, or higher database uptime targets using Oracle RAC and Multi-AZ architectures powered by FlashGrid.

Built for Mission-Critical Cloud Databases

Organizations continue to modernize their Oracle database estates by moving critical workloads to public cloud infrastructure. FlashGrid helps bridge the gap between traditional enterprise database requirements and cloud-native deployment models by delivering the high availability, performance, and operational simplicity required for production Oracle environments.

The combination of Oracle AI Database 26ai’s new AI capabilities and FlashGrid’s proven cloud high-availability platform allows organizations to build next-generation intelligent applications while maintaining the reliability expected from enterprise Oracle deployments.

Availability

Self-service Infrastructure-as-Code deployment of Oracle AI Database 26ai on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as a RAC cluster and as a standalone server, is now available in version 26.05 of the FlashGrid Launcher web-tool.

Customers interested in deploying Oracle AI Database 26ai with Oracle RAC or high-availability architectures on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud can contact FlashGrid for deployment guidance and best practices.

References

Oracle AI Database 26ai Overview
https://www.oracle.com/database/ai-native-database-26ai/

FlashGrid Cluster for Oracle RAC
https://www.flashgrid.io/flashgrid-for-oracle-rac/