Alternativa solo UE a Oracle Cloud (OCI).
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is the smallest of the major hyperscalers in EU mid-market but punches above its weight in regulated industries because of the Oracle Database lock-in. Oracle Corporation is a US company; OCI EU regions (Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Marseille, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm, Zurich) are EU-located but US-controlled under the CLOUD Act. Oracle has marketed "EU Sovereign Cloud" since 2023 — operationally separated EU regions with EU-resident staff — but the parent jurisdiction is unchanged. For Schrems II–strict analyses, that is not full sovereignty.
"Región UE" no es soberanía. Cuatro preguntas lo deciden.
La residencia de datos indica dónde están los bits. La soberanía indica qué sistema jurídico puede obligar al acceso. La respuesta debe cumplirse en los cuatro puntos — o el stack no es soberano.
¿Dónde se almacenan físicamente los datos?
No "en la nube" — qué datacenter, en qué país, bajo qué jurisdicción.
¿Quién más está en su ruta de datos?
Cada proveedor que toca los datos: el CDN, el relay de correo, el rastreador de errores, el pipeline de analítica.
¿Qué leyes pueden obligar a la divulgación?
Un proveedor con sede en EE. UU. está sujeto a la FISA 702 y la CLOUD Act — incluso cuando los datos están en Fráncfort.
¿Quién posee realmente las claves de cifrado?
Si el proveedor cloud tiene tanto los datos como las claves, puede leerlos — independientemente del DPA.
Falla en jurisdicción y custodia de claves.
Bits en la UE, matriz con sede en EE. UU., subprocesadores estadounidenses en la ruta por defecto, claves gestionadas por el proveedor.
Pasa en los cuatro.
Alojado en la UE sobre infraestructura con sede europea. Cero subprocesadores estadounidenses en la ruta por defecto. Claves del cliente o de un KMS europeo. Nombrados en su DPA del Artículo 28.
Por qué los equipos están saliendo Oracle Cloud (OCI)
Oracle exits we have run almost always involve a database migration in addition to infrastructure — typically Oracle DB → PostgreSQL, which is a substantial project on its own. The triggers: a financial services audit under DORA flagging Oracle as a US-jurisdictional concentration risk, a cost review that uncovered the true Oracle DB licensing exposure on cloud, or a strategic decision to remove the Oracle dependency entirely. The mid-term saving is dramatic when both the OCI infrastructure cost and the Oracle DB licence cost are eliminated.
Oracle Cloud (OCI) servicios y sus equivalentes solo en la UE
Una migración no es "cambiar una caja por otra". El mapeo a continuación es lo que ejecutamos para los clientes que dejan Oracle Cloud (OCI) por motivos Schrems II — plena jurisdicción UE, sin matriz US en la ruta de datos.
| Oracle Cloud (OCI) servicio | Alternativa solo UE | Nota de ingeniería |
|---|---|---|
| Compute Instances | Hetzner Cloud, OVH Public Cloud, Scaleway, IONOS Compute | Standard VM migration; image rebuild and rebase. Oracle Linux can be replaced with Rocky or Alma without application impact. |
| Object Storage | OVH Object Storage, Wasabi EU, Bunny Storage, MinIO self-hosted | OCI Object Storage has a non-S3-compatible API; the rewrite is small but requires SDK changes. |
| Autonomous Database | PostgreSQL on EU managed (OVH, Aiven) or self-managed; for compatibility-critical workloads, EnterpriseDB Postgres EU | The longest single migration task. Tools like ora2pg and Cybertec's migrator have improved significantly. Plan a 3–9 month parallel run depending on schema complexity. |
| OKE (Oracle Kubernetes Engine) | Scaleway Kapsule, OVH Managed K8s, Talos on Hetzner | Helm charts and YAML transfer cleanly; OKE-specific features (Container Engine for Kubernetes managed nodepools) replaced with standard equivalents. |
| Block Volumes | Hetzner Volumes, OVH Block Storage, Scaleway Block Storage | Volume migration via snapshot + restore. |
| Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) | Hetzner private networks, OVH vRack, Scaleway Private Networks | OCI VCN concepts (subnets, route tables, NAT gateways) map directly to standard cloud networking. |
| Functions (FaaS) | Scaleway Serverless Functions, OpenFaaS or Knative on EU K8s | Migration is mechanical; OCI Functions is built on Fn Project so the runtime model is portable. |
| Streaming (Kafka-compatible) | Aiven Kafka EU, self-managed Apache Kafka on EU compute, Redpanda | Kafka migration is a producer/consumer redirect; data replication via MirrorMaker. |
| API Gateway | Kong (self-hosted), Tyk (UK with EU options), KrakenD (ES) | KrakenD is Spanish-headquartered and a strong sovereign choice. |
| Load Balancer | Hetzner LB, OVH Load Balancer, HAProxy self-managed | Standard L4/L7 load balancing. |
| Vault (KMS) | Hashicorp Vault on EU infra, HSM-backed key management | Vault is the production-grade sovereign answer. |
| Logging / Monitoring | Self-hosted Prometheus + Grafana + Loki, Grafana Cloud EU | OpenTelemetry instrumentation makes the application-side migration mechanical. |
Cómo migramos desde Oracle Cloud (OCI)
Una migración típica de mid-market se desarrolla en tres fases. Los números a continuación asumen un equipo de ingeniería de 6 a 10 personas y un stack de aplicación moderadamente complejo.
Database scope decision
Map every Oracle DB-specific feature in use (PL/SQL, Oracle Text, partitioning, materialized views, hierarchical queries, Oracle Spatial). Decision point: full migration to PostgreSQL or hybrid (compatibility-critical workloads on EnterpriseDB Postgres EU). This is the schedule-defining task.
Infrastructure migration
Compute, networking, storage moved to EU sovereign stack. K8s workloads moved. Object storage migrated with API rewrites where needed. CI/CD repointed.
Database cutover
Schema converted with ora2pg. Data migrated with logical replication or change-data-capture for live workloads. Application code reviewed for Oracle-specific SQL. Cutover window scheduled with full rollback plan.
5-year TCO on full Oracle exits (infrastructure + database): typically 50–70% cheaper. The largest savings come from eliminating Oracle DB licensing (per-core enterprise pricing is brutal) followed by EU IaaS being ~40% cheaper than OCI on equivalent specs. The database conversion project itself is the largest one-time cost but pays back inside year 2.
Preguntas frecuentes
What about Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud?
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud (launched 2023, regions in Madrid and Frankfurt) is operated by EU-resident Oracle staff with operational separation from non-EU Oracle. It is an improvement on the documentation story for many regulated workloads — but Oracle Corporation remains the legal owner of the data. For Schrems II analyses that turn on parent jurisdiction, it is not full sovereignty.
Can we keep Oracle DB and just leave OCI?
Yes. EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EU-hosted) maintains Oracle compatibility at the SQL/PL-SQL level for most workloads. For mid-complexity Oracle DB applications, EDB on EU infrastructure is a viable path that doesn't require a full database migration.
How big is the database migration project really?
For a typical mid-market Oracle DB (50–500GB, modest PL/SQL surface, no Oracle-specific features beyond standard SQL): 3–6 months parallel-run, 2–4 weeks for the cutover itself. For a heavy PL/SQL or Oracle-feature-dependent application: 9–18 months. The honest scoping is best done by people who have done it before.
What about Oracle Fusion Apps and Oracle ERP Cloud?
These are SaaS, not infrastructure — same conversation as Microsoft 365 or Salesforce. The decision to move off them is strategic, not infrastructural. We focus on the OCI infrastructure layer; the SaaS migration is typically a separate project run by a business-systems consultancy.
Is OCI actually competitive on pricing?
OCI's headline IaaS pricing is competitive vs AWS/Azure/GCP. Where OCI gets expensive is the database licensing on cloud (Oracle DB BYOL costs are high). For pure compute, the EU sovereign stack is still 30–40% cheaper. For Oracle DB workloads, the comparison is dominated by the licence, not the compute.
How long does an Oracle exit take end-to-end?
For infrastructure-only (no DB migration): 8–14 weeks. For full exit including PostgreSQL migration: 6–18 months elapsed time depending on database complexity. The schedule risk is entirely on the database side.
Planifique su salida de Oracle Cloud (OCI).
Llamada de alcance de 30 minutos. Mapeamos su stack frente a alternativas solo UE, estimamos el esfuerzo de migración y le decimos si es la decisión correcta.