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Getting started with Amazon EC2 bare metal instances for Amazon RDS for Oracle and Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle

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AWS has announced support for Amazon EC2 bare metal instances for Amazon RDS for Oracle and RDS Custom for Oracle, offering several key benefits:

  • Provides direct access to processor and memory on underlying servers
  • Offers dedicated, non-shared tenancy with higher isolation
  • Enables potentially more favorable software licensing options
  • Priced 25% lower than equivalent virtualized instances
  • Supports workloads with restrictive licensing and high-performance computing

Key use cases include legacy applications, high-performance computing, and workloads requiring enhanced isolation. The feature can be implemented through AWS Management Console or AWS CLI, providing database administrators more flexibility in managing Oracle database environments.



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