In Oracle Autonomous Database, what does 'Load Balancing' do?

Load balancing in Oracle Autonomous Database is a crucial function that enhances the performance and efficiency of database operations. It involves the distribution of workloads evenly across all available resources, such as compute nodes and storage. By spreading the workload, load balancing ensures that no single resource is overwhelmed, which can lead to performance degradation or bottlenecks.

This process optimizes resource utilization and enhances overall system responsiveness, allowing multiple transactions to be processed simultaneously without delays. Consequently, it helps maintain high availability and reliability of database services, ensuring users experience consistent performance levels, regardless of workload fluctuations.

In contrast, increasing data redundancy, minimizing storage costs, or concentrating resources for large transactions would not contribute to the balanced distribution of workloads and could lead to inefficiencies or resource constraints in a dynamic environment like a database.