Oracle Cloud Infrastructure VMware Solution now supports standard shapes with block volume storage for use as ESXi hosts in SDDCs. The following standard shapes are supported:

• BM.Standard2.52 with Intel processor, 768GB memory, with 52 cores
• BM.Standard3.64 with Intel processor, 1024GB memory, with 16, 32, 48, or 64 cores
• BM.Standard.E4.128 with AMD processor, 2048GB memory, with 32, 64, 96, or 128 cores

SDDCs that use standard shapes require block volume storage. A management datastore with the following characteristics is created as part of the create SDDC workflow:

• Capacity: 8 TB
• Default VPUs/GB: 10 (Balanced)

For more information, see Overview of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure VMware Solution.