A comprehensive comparative study of AWS and OCI for University of Santo Tomas - Information and Communications Technology network infrastructure

• Published in: International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Intelligent Technology (GEn-CITy 2023) Vol. 2023; pp. 63 - 70
• Main Authors: Bacho, C. E. M., Balais, M. A., Gomez, M. A. P., Reyes, K. A. M., Rosimo, A. S. G.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 05.09.2023
• DOI: 10.1049/icp.2023.1762

Cloud computing has rapidly evolved, introducing new technologies with vast potential. Businesses and organizations worldwide are increasingly adopting cloud computing, making it a leading and in-demand solution. The Office of the University of Santo Tomas Information and Communications Technology is in the early stages of migrating the on-premises infrastructure to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Albeit the satisfactory performance of the cloud service provider, the office is looking for an alternative that can provide additional features or services; and a more cost-effective, manageable, and robust cloud platform to cater to the needs of the university. The researchers proposed Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an alternative for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The study conducted multiple tests on AWS and OCI services, mainly Swingbench for the database, Iperf3 for the network performance and Dbench for the block storage performance. After a series of benchmarking and testing, the researchers concluded that Amazon Web Services could be an alternative to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as it showed competitive results regarding cost-effectiveness and computing power, storage, and network performance. The researchers also noted that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure exceeds Amazon Web Services when it comes to database performance.