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New Update Oracle on Tuesday [13th September 2022] opens a new Cloud Region in Madrid, Spain. This is a part of Oracle’s global plans to operate 44 second-generation cloud regions by the end of 2022. Now there are a total of 40 regions. OCI Regions: New OCI Region Added: Madrid, (Spain)[Updated on September 13th, 2022] Oracle has announced the availability of a new OCI Region in which you have 1 Availability Domain (AD)
What is Oracle Cloud Regions
Check out: OCI Architect Associate to know everything about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Architect Associate. How to Subscribe to New Region1. Log in to the Cloud Console, & from the taskbar drop down, click on Manage Region, from there you can subscribe to any Region you want. Note: As of March 2020 if you are using a trial account then you can only subscribe to Home Region. Also Check: Oracle Network. 2. Another method is Log into the Console, & from the Navigation menu, under Governance & Administration, click Region Management, there you can Subscribe to other Regions Also Check: Oracle VPN Connect. OCI Availability Domain (AD) & Fault Domain (FD)
Check out: Oracle Cloud Certification How A Region, FD & AD Provides High Availability?
Blog: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. How to Check the OCI Availability DomainOCI Availability Domain is one or more data centers located within a Region. Every Region can have up to 3 Availability Domains. The first 4 regions (London, Ashburn, Pheonix, and Frankfurt) have 3 ADs while all the new regions have 1 AD each. Once you subscribe to the new region, you can go under Compute & try to create an Instance. Here, you can see, in this new region you will have only 1 AD To know more about Oracle Network Load Balancer. OCI RealmsA OCI realm is a logical collection of regions. Realms are isolated from each other and do not share any data. Tenancy exists in a single realm and can access regions that belong to the realm. Currently, there are 3 realms in OCI:
Note: Not all services are currently supported in Govt Cloud. Commercial vs Government RegionThere are two types of Regions: a) Government Cloud: Is dedicated to Government Organizations only (Federal compliant). Only government companies can access them with proper approvals, and this will be assigned by Oracle. Also, Check Oracle Storage. List of Regions Added
Note: For the full list of Oracle Cloud Regions including PaaS & IaaS. FAQ:Q1: Which is an important consideration when choosing an oracle cloud infrastructure region?Ans: Choose the region that is in close proximity to end users for the best performance Q2: How will you configure high availability for an application in an oracle cloud infrastructure region with a single availability domain?Ans: Setup your application across multiple Fault Domains and the database tier contains Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database instances. For high availability, use 2-node virtual machine (VM) DB systems or Exadata DB systems. Related/Further Readings
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