What is the maximum number of compartments allowed in an OCI tenancy?

In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a tenancy can be divided into compartments, which provide a way to organize and control access to cloud resources. The maximum number of compartments allowed within a single OCI tenancy is indeed 1,000. This limit enables customers to effectively segregate and manage their resources for different projects, departments, or purposes while maintaining governance and security.

Each compartment can have its own policies that allow specific users or groups to access resources within that compartment, thus providing a flexible and secure organizational structure.

Having 1,000 compartments strikes a balance between offering enough compartments for comprehensive resource management and maintaining a manageable structure for users and administrators. This limit allows organizations to utilize compartments meaningfully without overwhelming complexity.