Region & Availability Domain (AD) in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): 9 Regions Latest Zurich @ Switzerland

[Aug 2nd, 2019] Update 5: A new Oracle Cloud Region added in Zurich, Switzerland
[July 26th, 2019] Update 4: A new Oracle Cloud Region added in Mumbai, India
[May 13th, 2019] Update 3:  A new Oracle Cloud Region added in Seoul, South Korea
[Apr 30th, 2019] Update 2: Oracle added new  OCI Region in Tokyo Japan
[Jan 17th, 2019] Update 1: Oracle added new OIC Region in Toronto, Canada 

New Region Added: Zurich, Switzerland

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Region in which you have 1 Availability Domain (AD)

What is Region

1. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Servers & Data is hosted in a Region.
2. There is a total of 9 Regions now (i.e. London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Ashburn, Phoenix, Canada, Tokyo, Seoul, Mumbai, Zurich)
3. Every Region can have up to 3 Availability Domain wherein as of today, the new Zurich (Switzerland), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) & Canada (Toronto) region has a Single Availability Domain.
4. OCI services are Global (IAM), Regional (VCN, Object Storage) and some are AD Specific (Compute, DB System, Volumes).
5. When you create a Cloud Account a Home Region is by default allocated to you, wherein you can subscribe to another region as well.
6. To know more about Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service in  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure check here

How to Subscribe To New Region

1. 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: In below Image, you can see all the region in the drop-down as we have subscribed them all.

2. Another method is Log into the Console, & from the Navigation menu, under Administration, click Tenancy Details. there you can Subscribe to other Regions

How to Check the Availability Domain

Availability Domain is one or more data centers located within a Region. Every Region can have up to 3 Availability Domain wherein as of today, the new Zurich (Switzerland), Mumbai (India), Tokyo (Japan) & Canada (Toronto) region has a Single Availability Domain.

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

Commercial vs Government Region

There are two types of Regions:

• Commercial
• Government

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.
b) Commercial Cloud: Is not limited to one Organization but it is publicly available.

New Region Added: Mumbai, India

[Updated on July 26th, 2019]

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Mumbai, India on July 26th, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

New Region Added: Seoul, South Korea

[Updated on May 14th, 2019]

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Seoul, South Korea on May 14th, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

New Region Added: Toronto, Canada 

[Updated on 1st Feb 2019]

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Toronto, Canada on January 17, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

New Region Added: Tokyo, Japan 

[Updated on 7th May 2019]

Oracle has recently announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Tokyo Japan which went live on April 30, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

Note: For the full list of Oracle Cloud Regions including PaaS & IaaS check here

If you are preparing for Oracle Cloud Architect Exam [1Z0-932], you can expect questions based on this new Region added. Check out some questions that might show up in the OCI Architect 1Z0-932 Exam. To get your FREE Copy of 20+ Questions for the 1Z0-932 Exam, please Click Here.

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