OCI Block Volume
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Block Volumes provide reliable, high performance, low-cost block storage that persists beyond the lifespan of a virtual machine, with built-in redundancy and the ability to scale to 1 PB per compute instance. Dynamic performance scaling with autotuning automatically adjusts performance to optimal levels.
Use cases for OCI Block Volumes
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AI/ML training data set repositories
OCI Block Volumes are ideal for storing large amounts of unstructured data such as text or binary data, which is common for data sets used in AI training.
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High performance databases
OCI Block Volumes are suited to databases that handle a heavy volume of queries and where latency must be minimized.
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Streaming
OCI Block Volumes can facilitate streaming capabilities by storing various multimedia files such as videos and audio. Use OCI Media Streams to encode video into a suitable streaming format, then store it in OCI Block Volumes.
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OLTP
OCI Block Volumes deliver high IOPS and low latency, making them ideal for OLTP apps, such as online retail websites, that must process many concurrent user requests immediately and require very high IOPS.
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Containers
Support container platforms such as Kubernetes by creating a persistent storage for the entire container with OCI Block Volumes.
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Disaster recovery
Use OCI Block Volumes as a redundant backup solution for nearline storage and quick restoration, with data moving from backup to production.
The benefits of OCI Block Volumes
1. Achieve higher performance
Leverage up to 300,000 IOPS per volume. Change the performance profile via an intuitive slider bar or use autotune to have the system automatically adjust to performance demands.
2. Gain more flexibility
Horizontal scaling is extremely flexible. Add volumes as needed, allowing for greater overall storage capability.
3. Get maximum compatibility
OCI Block Volumes work across different operating systems and file systems. Leverage this compatibility across your enterprise, whatever the configuration and environment.
Featured capabilities of OCI Block Volumes
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Leverage elastic performance
Change performance after the volume is created. Pay for performance characteristics independently from the size of your block volumes and boot volumes.
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Resize volume with no downtime
Change block volume or boot volume sizing online without taking down your applications.
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Optimize performance automatically
Configure your volumes so that the service adjusts the performance level automatically via dynamic performance scaling with autotuning.
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Encrypt without tradeoffs
Encrypt data at rest and in transit without impacting performance or adding cost. In-transit encryption for block volumes attached to VMs is optional; you can enable or disable it as needed for these volumes.
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Facilitate group backups and clones
Combine boot volumes and block volumes into volume groups to facilitate group backups and clones that are point-in-time and crash-consistent.
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Gain more control options for compute instances
Create a new boot volume for the instance in the same compartment. Preserve boot volume and its data after an instance is terminated.
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Make and restore backups
Make a point-in-time snapshot of the data on a block volume, with the volume attached or detached to an instance. Restore backups to new volumes immediately after a backup or later on.
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Monitor health, capacity, and performance
Use OCI Block Volume metrics to monitor performance and replication status. Set up alarms to receive notifications if tolerance thresholds are exceeded.
Reference architectures
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Reference Architecture
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Reference Architecture
Observe how a pilot-light topology offers a balance between cost and recovery requirements to meet recovery point, recovery time, and budget objectives.
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Reference Architecture
See how to automate the import of virtual disk image files into OCI Block Volumes with ease.
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