What type of applications primarily benefit from the dedicated infrastructure of Autonomous Database?

Mission-critical applications are designed to be essential for the business operations of an organization, often requiring high availability, reliability, and performance. The dedicated infrastructure of Oracle Autonomous Database provides these applications with the needed resources to ensure that they are always available and responsive. This infrastructure is optimized to handle the increased workloads and complex processing that mission-critical applications typically demand, allowing for consistent uptime and fast data access, which are vital for making real-time business decisions and maintaining operational continuity. The dedicated setup minimizes the risk of resource contention and ensures that performance remains predictable and robust, characteristics that are crucial for applications that drive significant business processes.

In contrast, other types of applications, such as small business applications or employee productivity tools, may not require the same level of resources and can often operate effectively on shared infrastructure. Basic data warehouse solutions, while they can benefit from improved performance, do not hinge on the guarantees of uptime and performance that mission-critical applications do, making them less dependent on dedicated infrastructure as a requirement.