QCloud guarantees 99.99% availability on single-instance EE, and 99.999% on RAC + Data Guard topologies. Service credits applied automatically if breached.

Which Oracle versions are supported?

We support Oracle Database 19c, 21c, and 23ai. Older versions (12.2, 18c) supported for migration windows on request.

🇵🇰 Database · Managed Oracle · BYOL & License-Included

Run Oracle Database in Pakistan — fully managed, license-compliant, ready in hours.

Q: How does Data Guard work between KHI-1 and ISB-1?

Synchronous or asynchronous replication between regions inside Pakistan. Fast-Start Failover with 30s detection. Active Data Guard available on EE-EP.

Q: Do I get root / SSH access to the DB host?

Yes — you have full root and SYSDBA access. We provide a 'managed but transparent' model.

Provision Oracle Standard, Enterprise, EE-High Performance, and EE-Extreme Performance instances on Oracle-compliant infrastructure inside KHI-1 and ISB-1. Bring your own license — or let us include it.

🛡️ Tier-3 Certified 🇵🇰 100% Data Residency 💸 Local Billing · BYOL ⚡ Provision in hours

Talk to an Oracle architect → See pricing models

sqlplus — qcloud_prod

SQL> CONNECT sys@qcloud_prod AS SYSDBA;
Connected to:
Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics
and Real Application Testing options

SQL> SELECT instance_name, host_name, status
  2  FROM v$instance;

INSTANCE_NAME    HOST_NAME              STATUS
---------------- ---------------------- --------
QCPROD1          khi1-ora-prod-01       OPEN ✓
QCPROD2          isb1-ora-stby-01       MOUNTED (Data Guard)

The Service

A fully managed Oracle Database, on infrastructure that meets Oracle's licensing policies — all without leaving Pakistan.

QCloud Oracle Database Service runs your Oracle Database workloads on Oracle-compliant infrastructure — meeting Oracle's licensing requirements while we handle provisioning, patching, backup, performance tuning, and 24/7 monitoring. Deploy Standard Edition for departmental workloads, or Enterprise Edition with RAC and Data Guard for mission-critical OLTP.

Choose your licensing model: bring your own Oracle license (BYOL) and leverage existing investment — pay only for infrastructure. Or take a license-included plan and consolidate everything into one invoice. No FX, no offshore audits.

All databases run inside PTCL Tier-3 / Rated-3 data centers in Karachi (KHI-1) and Islamabad (ISB-1) — meeting State Bank, PTA, and PECA data residency requirements.

Reference Architecture

Editions · Pick Your Power

From Standard Edition to Extreme Performance — pick exactly the edition your workload needs.

Every QCloud-hosted Oracle deployment is provisioned with the database options appropriate for the edition you choose. Upgrade between editions as your requirements grow.

SE2

Standard Edition 2

Best for: Departmental apps · Web apps · Workgroup

✓Multitenant (up to 3 PDBs)
✓TDE Tablespace Encryption (free)
✓Machine Learning · Spatial & Graph
✓Single-instance deployment

Enterprise Edition

Best for: OLTP · Mission-critical apps · DWH

✓Everything in SE2
✓Data Guard (passive standby)
✓Diagnostics & Tuning Pack
✓Single-instance or VM cluster

EE High Performance

Best for: Multi-tenant SaaS · Large OLTP · Reporting

✓Everything in EE
✓Partitioning · Advanced Compression
✓Advanced Security · Database Vault · Label Security
✓Multitenant (unlimited PDBs)
✓Lifecycle & Cloud Management Packs

EE-EP

EE Extreme Performance

Best for: Sub-ms OLTP · Active/Active HA · In-memory

✓Everything in EE-HP
✓Real Application Clusters (RAC)
✓Active Data Guard
✓Database In-Memory
✓Application Continuity

Not sure which edition fits? Our Oracle architects benchmark your workload free of charge → Get a workload review

High Availability · Built In

Oracle's full HA stack — running inside Pakistan, managed by QCloud.

Every Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) component is available on QCloud — automated, monitored, and aligned to your SLA. Pick the layers your workload needs.

Flashback Technology

SE2 · EE · EE-HP · EE-EP

Recover from accidental changes — without restoring backups.

Flashback Query · Flashback Table · Flashback Database

RMAN Backup & Recovery

All editions

Automated, deduplicated, encrypted backups to QCloud VBS — point-in-time restore in minutes.

Daily fulls + hourly incrementals · Retention 7 / 30 / 365 days · custom up to 25 yrs

Oracle Data Guard

EE · EE-HP (passive) · EE-EP (Active)

Standby database for site-level disaster recovery — synchronous or asynchronous replication between KHI-1 ↔ ISB-1.

Physical or logical · Fast-Start Failover (30s detection)

Real Application Clusters (RAC)

EE-EP only

Active/active database clustering — protects against instance failure, scales reads & writes across nodes.

2-node VM RAC · Rolling patches · Zero-downtime maintenance

Application Continuity

EE-EP only (requires RAC or Active Data Guard)

Mask outages from the application — failed transactions replay automatically on the surviving node.

Transparent to application code

Why QCloud

Six reasons Pakistan's regulated enterprises run their Oracle on QCloud.

License-Compliant Infrastructure

Oracle Database runs on infrastructure that meets Oracle's licensing policies for cloud deployment. We're the operator — you stay compliant. BYOL fully supported.

Faster Time-to-Production

Hours to live, not weeks. Pre-baked Oracle images, automated patching, hands-off provisioning.

Predictable Pricing

No FX surprises. Billed in rupees. BYOL leasing model available. License-included monthly tier for cap-ex-light teams.

Certified Oracle DBAs On-Call

24×7×365 Oracle-certified DBAs — incident response, patch coordination, vendor liaison, security advisory triage.

Compliance-Aligned by Default

SBP data residency · PTA cloud guidelines · PECA-aligned audit logging · ISO 27001 controls. Audit logs retained 7 years. HSM-backed encryption keys never leave Pakistan.

Right-Sized for Your Workload

Flexible CPU/memory/storage. Scale up, down, or out as your data grows. No long-term commit required.

Pricing

Flexible Pricing To Suit All Sizes Of Business

Our Pay-as-you-go and reservation plans are affordable. Complete transparency, no hidden charges.

Pay only for the resources you consume

Billing

Monthly · Billed Locally

Commitment

None — cancel or scale at any time

Best For

Variable Oracle workloads, dev/test environments, new deployments, teams exploring QCloud Oracle before committing

⚡

Instant Provisioning

Oracle DB ready in hours, not weeks

📊

Usage-Based Billing

Pay exactly for what you use, nothing more

🔄

Scale Freely

Upgrade or downgrade without penalties

💸

Local Billing

No FX exposure, no hidden charges

Estimate Your Cost

Use our pricing calculator to get an accurate estimate for your Oracle workload — OCPU count, storage, edition, and region.

Open Pricing Calculator → Talk to Sales

What We Manage For You

A team of certified Oracle DBAs — without the headcount.

Every QCloud-hosted Oracle Database comes with a defined operational scope. You focus on schema design and app development; we handle everything below the application layer.

ORACLE

🚀 Provisioning

🔄 Patching

💾 Backup & Recovery

📊 Performance Tuning

🛡️ Security Patching

📡 24/7 Monitoring

🔧 Incident Management

🤝 Vendor Liaison

🚀

Provisioning

Cluster, single-instance, RAC, Data Guard — in hours from a request

🔄

Patching

Quarterly CPU/PSU patches in your maintenance window

💾

Backup & Recovery

RMAN to QCloud VBS, monthly tested point-in-time restores

📊

Performance Tuning

AWR/ADDM/ASH review, statspack analysis, index advisor

🛡️

Security Patching

CVE triage within 24h, security alerts within 48h

📡

24/7 Monitoring

OEM + QCloud telemetry. P1 response under 15 min

🔧

Incident Management

ITIL-aligned ticketing, RCA, post-incident reports

🤝

Vendor Liaison

Oracle Support case coordination, SR triage, license reviews

Migration · From On-Prem to QCloud

Move from on-prem Oracle to QCloud — with zero application rewrites.

Our Oracle migration team has moved hundreds of TB of Oracle workloads — including Oracle EBS, Fusion Middleware, custom EE clusters, and SAP-on-Oracle estates — from on-prem and offshore clouds into Pakistan.

🏢 On-Prem Today ☁️ QCloud Oracle — Live

🔍PHASE 1

Discovery

Workload assessment, Oracle license audit, dependency mapping, RTO/RPO definition.

1 week

📐PHASE 2

Design

Target architecture, edition selection, HA topology, network cutover plan, runbook drafting.

1–2 weeks

🧪PHASE 3

Dry Run

Pilot migration to staging on QCloud, application connectivity testing, performance benchmarks.

1–3 weeks

🚀PHASE 4

Cutover

Final delta replication, DNS / connection-string switch, application re-pointing, smoke tests.

One maintenance window

✨PHASE 5

Post-Cutover Optimization

Right-sizing, AWR baselining, backup validation, runbook handover to QCloud DBA team.

2 weeks

Typical end-to-end Oracle migration: 6–10 weeks. Mission-critical / multi-TB workloads: 12–16 weeks.

Observability · Live Telemetry

See your Oracle in real time — Enterprise Manager, AWR, and QCloud telemetry, side by side.

Every QCloud Oracle deployment includes Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control + QCloud's own telemetry stack. CPU, memory, IOPS, top SQLs, session waits, and AWR snapshots — all in one pane.

CPU UTILIZATION · 24h 62%

ACTIVE SESSIONS

of 200 max

MEMORY (SGA + PGA)

38 / 64 GB

SGA 28 GBPGA 10 GB

TOP SQLs · LAST HOUR

SQL_ID	ELAPSED	EXECS
7m4n9kq2j5x...	1.2s	4,820
a3p8r5h7w2k...	0.84s	12,940
b5n1k3v8q9z...	0.42s	31,205

WAIT EVENTS

db file seq read 42%
CPU 31%
log file sync 12%

AWR SNAPSHOTS

last 24h

Illustrative dashboard · QCloud Oracle deployments expose full OEM Cloud Control + REST/Prometheus telemetry.

Who Runs Oracle on QCloud

From core banking to ERP — Pakistan's most demanding Oracle workloads run here.

🏦

Banking & Financial Services

Core banking, payment processing, SBP regulatory reporting databases.

Oracle EE with RAC, Data Guard between KHI-1 ↔ ISB-1

Profile: Tier-1 commercial bank · 12 TB OLTP

📡

Telecom & BSS/OSS

Billing systems, CRM, mediation, charging.

Oracle EE-HP, multi-tenant

Profile: National telco · 8 OLTP DBs

🏛️

Government & Public Sector

Citizen registries, tax systems, regulatory archives.

Oracle EE with sovereign data residency

Profile: Federal agency · audit-locked

🩺

Healthcare

EMR, clinical archives, hospital management.

Oracle SE2 or EE with TDE

Profile: Hospital network · 4 TB clinical

📦

Oracle EBS / Fusion / SAP-on-Oracle

Run Oracle EBS, Fusion Middleware, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, or SAP-on-Oracle on QCloud.

Pre-validated reference architectures · Oracle-compliant infra

Profile: Industrial conglomerate · Oracle EBS R12 + 3 tier-1 ERPs

🏭

Manufacturing & Industrial ERP

MES, supply chain, financials.

Oracle EE with partitioning

Profile: Cement major · 24×7 operations

Security · Defense in Depth

Five layers of defense around every Oracle byte.

Oracle's database security stack — combined with QCloud's infrastructure controls — gives you a defense-in-depth posture aligned to SBP, PTA, PECA, and ISO 27001.

🇵🇰 SBP-aligned PTA cloud guidelines PECA-compliant audit ISO 27001 HSM key custody

The Proof

We moved our core banking Oracle estate to QCloud in 11 weeks — including a live RAC cluster and Data Guard between Karachi and Islamabad. The DBA handover was clean, the cutover weekend was uneventful, and we haven't logged a single offshore audit since.

Frequently Asked

Everything you need before you migrate your Oracle.

Business & Licensing

Yes. QCloud provides Oracle Database on instances that meet Oracle's licensing policies for cloud deployment. You stay compliant whether you BYOL or take a license-included plan.

Yes — BYOL is fully supported across SE2, EE, EE-HP, and EE-EP. You need an active Oracle support contract for your existing entitlement. We'll handle infrastructure and operations.

Two models: (a) BYOL — pay only for infrastructure and management monthly; (b) License-Included — all-in monthly invoice covering infra + Oracle license. No upfront commit.

For Pakistani enterprises, total cost typically lands 25–40% lower than OCI / AWS once egress, USD FX margin, and offshore support overhead are factored in. Try our pricing calculator for a tailored estimate.

QCloud guarantees 99.99% Oracle Database availability on single-instance Enterprise Edition deployments, and 99.999% on RAC + Data Guard topologies. Service credits applied automatically if breached.

Technical & Operations

We support Oracle Database 19c, 21c, and 23ai (Long-Term and Innovation Releases). Older versions (12.2, 18c) supported for migration windows on request.

Yes — 2-node VM RAC is supported on EE-EP. Bare-metal RAC available on request for high-throughput workloads.

Synchronous (Max Availability) or asynchronous (Max Performance) replication between regions inside Pakistan. Fast-Start Failover with 30s detection. Active Data Guard for read offloading available on EE-EP.

RMAN-based, encrypted, deduplicated, written to QCloud VBS. Default: daily fulls + hourly incrementals, 30-day retention. Custom retention up to 25 years. Backup verification automatic.

Yes — you have full root and SYSDBA access. We provide a "managed but transparent" model: we operate the cluster, you retain administrative authority.

🇵🇰 Pakistan's Managed Oracle

Deploy your first managed Oracle Database — on us.

$100 in QCloud credit. A 30-day free trial of compute & storage. A certified Oracle architect on the call from day one. Migration support for teams moving off OCI, AWS RDS, on-prem, or offshore.

Talk to an Oracle architect → Open the pricing calculator

No credit card required · Local billing · Production workloads welcome

Live · 14 Oracle deployments onboarded this quarter.

qccli

$ qccli oracle deploy \
    --edition ee-hp \
    --version 19c \
    --shape vm.standard.e5.flex \
    --ocpu 8 --memory 64 \
    --region khi-1 \
    --dataguard isb-1

▸ Provisioning ECS instance ........ ✓ 42s
▸ Attaching EVS storage (200 GB) ... ✓ 18s
▸ Installing Oracle 19c EE-HP ..... ✓ 6m 12s
▸ Configuring Data Guard standby .. ✓ 4m 30s
▸ Enabling RMAN to VBS ............ ✓ 22s

✓ Oracle deployment ready
  Primary:  qc-ora-prod-01.khi-1.qcloud.pk
  Standby:  qc-ora-stby-01.isb-1.qcloud.pk