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Automatic Storage Management: Technical Overview

Overview Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is a new feature of Oracle Database 10g which provides a vertical integration of the file system and volume manager specifically built for the Oracle database files. ASM distributes I/O load across all available resource to optimize performance while removing the need for manual I/O tuning (spreading out the database files avoids hotspots). ASM helps DBAs manage a dynamic database environment by allowing them to grow the database size without having to shutdown the database to adjust the storage allocation. Automatic Storage Management allows the DBA to define a pool of storage (called a disk groups) and then the Oracle kernel manages the file naming and placement of the database files on that pool of storage.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Oracle	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2003	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Storage Management, Database Management, Database Applications

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