OCI Block Volume
To understand the service, let's begin by understanding what a block volume is. A block volume is a type of block device that is used as data storage. The OCI Block Volume service uses Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) to deliver features and performance. OCI Block Volume has been carefully designed for the security and durability of data and lets you create block volumes and attach them to your compute instance. The OCI Block Volume service delivers a simple, scalable block volume service that fulfills all your workload performance needs. You can treat this volume as your regular hard drive once you attach it to an instance. The Block Volume service utilizes industry-leading highest performance Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) drives and is offered over the network using the standard iSCSI protocol.
The Block Volume service serves both the boot volume (for the operating system (OS) disk) and the block volume (applications data)...