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Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS enables customers to easily deploy the PowerFlex software and run their workloads in the cloud. Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports both EBS-based volumes that offer persistence and 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 a high random I/O performance with low latency. However, instance store volumes are ephemeral and data on an instance store volume is lost when the instance stops. Whereas an Oracle single instance database on Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS with EBS backed volumes provides persistent storage, high availability, and durability.
This solution provides consistent performance for OLTP workloads while maintaining the protection and resiliency of the data and delivers the highest performance for a read only and mixed workload Oracle environment when Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS is distributed across different AZs in the cloud platform.