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With Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS, customers can easily deploy and run their workloads in the cloud. Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports both EBS-based volumes that offer persistence or native NVMe SSD drives for increased performance.
Implementing Oracle single instance databases on Amazon EC2 instances with Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS provides customers with the option of using a public cloud platform while maintaining high-performance and scale for mission-critical applications. Customers can efficiently use the compute and storage resources independently to scale their setup on the AWS cloud platform.
The Oracle single instance database on Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS with native NVMe SSD drives (instance store) delivers high IOPS with low latency. However, its use is recommended for deployments that remain active 24x7. Instance store volumes are ephemeral and data on an instance store volume is lost when the instances are stopped. Whereas an Oracle single instance database on Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS with EBS backed volumes provides persistent storage for deployments that could be stopped periodically without losing their data.
This solution provides high and consistent performance for Oracle database workloads while maintaining the protection and resiliency of the data. When Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS is distributed across different AZs in the cloud platform, higher resiliency can be reached to continue operations even when a single AZ is down.