Updated 2025 Questions With Detailed Answers
RAC database systems require which version of DBCS?
Extreme Performance EE
Standard Edition is restricted to shapes with how many OCPUs?
8
What type of storage is included on a bare metal database system?
Locally attached NVMe
What ASM setting offers the most protection against disk failure?
High - 3 way mirroring
Where can DBCS be deployed - 3 answers.
VM, Bare Metal, and Exadata Server
What type of scaling does RAC provide?
Horizontal
RAC is included with what type of database service?
Exadata Cloud Service
True or False - Data Guard is available on Standard Edition?
False
What are the 3 types of ASM (Automatic Storage Management) disk types?
DATA, RECO, and Sparse
Which type of system uses SPARSE disks?
Exadata
What are SPARSE disks used for?
, Store Snapshots
Which database editions support TDE - Transparent Data Encryption?
All of them.
Bare Metal shapes support <. > node servers and only <. > instance databases.
Single
On what type of environments can RAC reside?
A two node VM environment and an Exadata environment
DBCS on a single node supports which database editions?
SE, EE, High Performance EE, and Extreme Performance EE
What's the minimum level of redundancy you must use for local NVMe disks on bare metal?
Normal
Where are the binaries stores for an Oracle Database?
Oracle Home Directory
How many Oracle Homes can you have a on a Bare Metal database system?
Multiple
How many databases can reside in a bare metal Oracle Home?
One database per home directory
Database systems are located at what level?
Availability Domain - as they require a physical server to run.
If you plan to set up a standby bare metal system with Data Guard, where should it be
placed?
A different fault domain within the availability domain.
What's the minimum Exadata configuration?
2 compute notes and 3 storage cells - at a minimum
What are the 3 Exadata on DBCS Configurations?
Quarter Rack, Half Rack and Full Rack