VB/VBCS SIZING AND DB OPTIONS

Summary: Queries around the following

VB Licensing as Stand Alone & part of OIC .

Content:

Understanding: VB Stand alone is licensed per OCPU / hr. & OIC is based on 1 concurrent user/100 message per Hr

Query 1:Can I use OIC bundled VB to develop integration other than those in OIC , for example REST APIS. What is the major advantage and disadvantage of bunled

Query 2: Can we create 200 VB instances for OIC which is the service limit or it will be always one instance per OIC deployment.? Can I have multiple environments and multiple instances for OIC bundled VB. ?

Query 3:Stopping VB instance bundled with OIC will have any impact on OIC licensing ? or it will be always OIC Which is considered