What is a major use case for OCI's compute instances?

Running containerized applications is a major use case for OCI's compute instances because they provide the necessary resources and scalability to efficiently manage and deploy applications packaged as containers. With OCI's compute instances, users can leverage the flexibility of containers to encapsulate their applications along with all dependencies, ensuring a consistent environment across development, testing, and production. This is especially valuable for microservices architectures, where applications are split into smaller, manageable services that can be independently developed, tested, and deployed.

OCI provides robust features such as orchestration tools that integrate with container workloads, enabling automated scaling, load balancing, and management of containerized environments. This makes it easier for developers to focus on coding rather than worrying about the underlying infrastructure challenges. Furthermore, in a cloud-native environment, using compute instances for containerized applications enhances resource utilization and cost efficiency, as containers can quickly spin up or down based on demand, allowing for better allocation of resources.

The other options represent different use cases that are less aligned with the primary strengths of OCI compute instances. For instance, hosting static websites typically involves using simpler services such as object storage, while storing large amounts of unstructured data is more suited to cloud storage solutions rather than compute instances. Creating on-premises backups would generally rely more