In a new installation of Oracle Database 11g, you perform these activities:
1. Organize software and data on different subdirectories to avoid poor performance.
2. Use consistent naming conventions for database files.
3. Separate administrative information pertaining to the database in different directories.
Which option corresponds to the type of activities you performed?
A.
Oracle Managed Files
B.
Oracle Grid Architecture
C.
Optimal Flexible Architecture
D.
Oracle database architecture
E.
Automatic Storage Management
Advantages of Multiple Oracle Homes and OFA
When you install Oracle database, you are installing a large application that your computer can support. Using multiple Oracle homes and Optimal Flexible Architecture provides many advantages when administering large databases. The following advantages are important:
Structured organization of directories and files, and consistent naming for database files simplify database administration.
Distribution of I/O across multiple disks prevents performance bottlenecks caused by multiple read or write commands issued simultaneously to a single drive.
Distribution of applications across multiple disks safeguards against database failures.
Login home directories are not at risk when database administrators add, move, or delete Oracle home directories.
Multiple databases, of different versions, owned by different users can coexist concurrently.
Software upgrades can be tested in an Oracle home in a separate directory from the Oracle home where your production database is located.
OFA is actually a specification of an Oracle , its meaning is to use the rules to a unified files and folders , directories and files stored rules to make a contract. Thus , whether we install multiple versions of Oracle Database , because the directory specification , naming conventions , so the software will not conflict , easy management, document also easy to find.
By following OFA guidelines , making the whole system can be more flexible