Preface

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Audience

Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance– Cloud Distribution is intended for users of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic who want to provide shared storage capacity for their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic instances, leveraging traditional file services protocols like NFS.

Note:

Users of this document must be familiar with the basics of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic. At relevant places in this document, links to the required documentation are included.

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