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1Z0-1072-26 Database Practice Question

When provisioning an Oracle Base Database Service DB system, which storage management software is used underneath to provide high performance and reliable storage volumes?

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Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM)

Oracle Base Database Service utilizes Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) for managing database storage volumes.

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Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Why this is correct
Oracle ASM is the built-in volume manager and file system for Oracle databases on OCI DB systems.
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ZFS Storage Appliance software
Why it's wrong here
ZFS is a network-attached storage solution, not the local DB system storage manager.
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EXT4 journaling file system
Why it's wrong here
EXT4 is a standard Linux filesystem, not the specialized database storage layer used for Oracle ASM disk groups.
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Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
Why it's wrong here
LVM is standard Linux storage management, whereas Oracle DB systems utilize ASM.

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