# OCI Storage IOPS and Throughput Reference # Used for right-sizing block and file storage block_volume: description: "OCI Block Volume performance tiers" tiers: - name: "Lower Cost" iops_per_gb: 2 max_iops: 3000 throughput_mbps_per_gb: 0.024 max_throughput_mbps: 480 use_when: "Archive, cold data, infrequent access" - name: "Balanced" iops_per_gb: 60 max_iops: 25000 throughput_mbps_per_gb: 0.48 max_throughput_mbps: 480 use_when: "General purpose, boot volumes, typical workloads" default: true - name: "Higher Performance" iops_per_gb: 75 max_iops: 35000 throughput_mbps_per_gb: 0.6 max_throughput_mbps: 480 use_when: "Database data files, high-throughput applications" - name: "Ultra High Performance" iops_per_gb: 90 max_iops: 120000 throughput_mbps_per_gb: 0.72 max_throughput_mbps: 2680 use_when: "Extreme IOPS requirements, OLTP databases" notes: "Only available with certain compute shapes" sizing_guidance: | 1. Determine required IOPS (from AWR, CloudWatch, or application benchmarks) 2. Select tier that provides needed IOPS/GB ratio 3. Calculate minimum volume size: required_iops / iops_per_gb 4. Ensure volume size also covers storage capacity needs 5. If capacity-driven size exceeds IOPS needs, lower tier may suffice object_storage: tiers: - name: "Standard" use_when: "Frequently accessed data" first_10tb_per_month: "$0.0255/GB" - name: "Infrequent Access" use_when: "Accessed < once per month" retrieval_fee: true min_retention: "31 days" - name: "Archive" use_when: "Rarely accessed, long-term retention" restore_time: "1 hour" min_retention: "90 days" auto_tiering: | Enable auto-tiering to automatically move objects between Standard and Infrequent Access based on access patterns. No retrieval fee when auto-tiering moves data back to Standard. file_storage: description: "OCI File Storage Service (NFS)" performance: "Scales with file system size — larger = more IOPS/throughput" iops_baseline: "Up to 50,000 IOPS" throughput: "Up to 1.2 GB/s" use_when: - "Shared file system across multiple compute instances" - "NFS-compatible workloads" - "Kubernetes ReadWriteMany persistent volumes" pricing: "$0.30/GB/month"