---
last_verified: 2026-03-14
service: OCI Storage Services
category: storage
oci_color: "#4F7B6E"
---

what: OCI storage services including Block Volume, Object Storage, File Storage,
  and Archive Storage.

services:
  block_volume:
    what: "Network-attached block storage for compute instances"
    performance_tiers:
      - name: Lower Cost
        iops_per_gb: 2
        throughput_kbps_per_gb: 240
      - name: Balanced
        iops_per_gb: 60
        throughput_kbps_per_gb: 480
      - name: Higher Performance
        iops_per_gb: 75
        throughput_kbps_per_gb: 600
      - name: Ultra High Performance
        max_iops: 300000
        max_throughput_mbps: 2680
        notes: "IOPS range 75K-300K at 30-120 VPU"
    max_volume_size_tb: 32
    max_volumes_per_instance: 32

  object_storage:
    what: "S3-compatible object storage"
    tiers:
      - name: Standard
        use_for: "Frequently accessed data"
      - name: Infrequent Access
        use_for: "Data accessed less than once per month"
      - name: Archive
        use_for: "Long-term retention, compliance"
        retrieval_time: "1 hour (standard)"
    features:
      - "S3-compatible API"
      - "Versioning"
      - "Lifecycle policies"
      - "Server-side encryption (SSE)"
      - "Replication (same-region and cross-region)"
    max_object_size_tb: 10

  file_storage:
    what: "NFSv3-compatible managed file system"
    use_for: "Shared file access across multiple compute instances"
    max_size: "8 EB (exabytes)"
    iops: "Up to 50,000 IOPS per file system"
    throughput: "Up to 1.2 GB/s per mount target"

pricing:
  block_volume:
    balanced_per_gb_month: 0.0255
    higher_performance_per_gb_month: 0.0340
    uhp_per_gb_month: "Varies by VPU"
  object_storage:
    standard_per_gb_month: 0.0255
    infrequent_per_gb_month: 0.0100
    archive_per_gb_month: 0.0026
    api_per_10k_requests: 0.0034
  file_storage:
    per_gb_month: 0.0340
  notes:
    - "Block Volume: first 200 GB free (boot volume)"
    - "Object Storage: first 10 GB free, 50k API requests free"
    - "Data transfer to Object Storage: free (within region)"