



PSA: Oracle is changing free tier limits. Update by the 15th to avoid charges
Original post (can't crosspost): https://www.reddit.com/r/oraclecloud/s/jypxIpfvqT
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier_topic-Always_Free_Resources.htm
New limits:
- ARM: 2 OCPUs and 12GB of RAM (from 4 OCPUs and 24GB of RAM)
- AMD: Unchanged (still 2x 1 CPU, 1 GB)
Billing starts on the 15th (in 2 days). Update your instances by then, otherwise free instances will be shut down and PAYG instances will be charged $10-15 at the end of the month. Oracle decided to not notify their users about this...
To update the instance:
- Back up any important data
- Log in to Oracle Cloud dashboard, head to the "Instances" section and click on your instance.
- Click on Actions -> More actions -> Edit (see 3rd image)
- Change "Number of OCPUs" to 2 and "Amount of Memory" to 12 (see 4th image)
- Click "Save changes". The new limits will be applied and your instance will restart.
EDIT: More confirmation from Oracle by u/Santhosshh: https://imgur.com/a/JfssZou
EDIT 2: Clarified AMD limits - still the same 2 instances
u/DigFancy3264 — 2 months ago