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A volume group can include both types of volumes, boot volumes, which are the system disks for your compute instances, and block volumes for your data storage. You can use volume groups to create volume group backups and clones that are point-in-time and crash-consistent.">Learn about volume groups</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Concepts/volumereplication.htm#volumereplication" title="The Block Volume service provides you with the capability to perform ongoing automatic asynchronous replication of block volumes, boot volumes, and volume groups to other regions and availability domains.">Replicate a volume</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Tasks/resizingavolume.htm#Resizing_a_Volume">Resize a volume</a></div> </div><div class="uk-width-auto vl-lppanel vl-lppanel-t"> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><h4 class="vl-lppanel-lbl">Boot Volumes</h4></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Concepts/bootvolumes.htm#Boot_Volumes">Learn about boot volumes</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Tasks/attachingabootvolume.htm#Attaching_a_Boot_Volume">Attach a boot volume to an instance</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Tasks/backingupabootvolume.htm#Backing_Up_a_Boot_Volume">Create a boot volume backup</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Tasks/detachingabootvolume.htm#Detaching_a_Boot_Volume">Detach a boot volume</a></div> </div><div class="uk-width-auto vl-lppanel vl-lppanel-sp"> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><h4 class="vl-lppanel-lbl">Support</h4></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="/iaas/Content/GSG/Tasks/contactingsupport.htm">Getting Help and Contacting Support</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="https://support.oracle.com">Create a service request</a></div> </div></div><div class="uk-width-1-3@s"><div class="uk-width-auto vl-lppanel vl-lppanel-t"> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><h4 class="vl-lppanel-lbl">Block Volume Performance</h4></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Concepts/blockvolumeperformance.htm#Block_Volume_Performance">Learn about Block Volume performance</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Tasks/changingvolumeperformance.htm#Changing_the_Performance_of_a_Volume">Change the performance of a volume</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Tasks/autotunevolumeperformance.htm#autotunevolumeperformance" title="Block Volume provides dynamic performance scaling with autotuning. This feature enables you to configure your volumes so that the service adjusts the performance level automatically to optimize performance.">Enable performance autotune for a volume</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="Concepts/blockvolumeperformance_topic-Metrics_and_Performance_Testing.htm#metrics" title="Observe performance for the Balanced elastic performance configuration option and learn about the host maximum.">Learn about Block Volume metrics and performance testing</a></div> </div><div class="uk-width-auto vl-lppanel vl-lppanel-cm"> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><h4 class="vl-lppanel-lbl">Community</h4></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/">Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Blog</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a href="https://community.oracle.com/tech/apps-infra/categories/18430-cloud-infrastructure">Cloud infrastructure community forum</a></div> <div class="vl-lpdiv"><a aria-label="Block Volume learning videos. 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