You are creating a locally managed tablespace to meet the following requirements:
All the extents should be of the same size.
The data should be spread across two data files.
A bitmap should be used to record the free space within the allocated extents.
Which three options would you choose? (Choose three.)
A. set PCTFREE and PCTUSED to 50
B. specify extent allocation as Uniform
C. specify extent allocation as Automatic
D. create the tablespace as bigfile tablespace
E. create the tablespace as smallfile tablespace
F. set segment space management to Automatic
G. use the RESIZE clause while creating the tablespace
Answer: BEF
Create a locally managed tablespace by specifying LOCAL
in the EXTENT MANAGEMENT
clause of the CREATE TABLESPACE
statement. This is the default for new permanent tablespaces, but you must specify the EXTENT
MANAGEMENT
LOCAL
clause to specify either the AUTOALLOCATE
clause or the UNIFORM
clause. You can have the database manage extents for you automatically with the AUTOALLOCATE
clause (the default), or you can specify that the tablespace is managed with uniform extents of a specific size (UNIFORM
).
If you expect the tablespace to contain objects of varying sizes requiring many extents with different extent sizes, then AUTOALLOCATE
is the best choice. AUTOALLOCATE
is also a good choice if it is not important for you to have a lot of control over space allocation and deallocation, because it simplifies tablespace management. Some space may be wasted with this setting, but the benefit of having Oracle Database manage your space most likely outweighs this drawback.
If you want exact control over unused space, and you can predict exactly the space to be allocated for an object or objects and the number and size of extents, then UNIFORM
is a good choice. This setting ensures that you will never have unusable space in your tablespace.
Bigfile Tablespaces
A bigfile tablespace is a tablespace with a single, but potentially very large (up to 4G blocks) data file. Traditional smallfile tablespaces, in contrast, can contain multiple data files, but the files cannot be as large.
Locally managed tablespaces track all extent information in the tablespace itself by using bitmaps, resulting in the following benefits:
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Fast, concurrent space operations. Space allocations and deallocations modify locally managed resources (bitmaps stored in header files).
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Enhanced performance
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Readable standby databases are allowed, because locally managed temporary tablespaces do not generate any undo or redo.
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Space allocation is simplified, because when the
AUTOALLOCATE
clause is specified, the database automatically selects the appropriate extent size. -
User reliance on the data dictionary is reduced, because the necessary information is stored in file headers and bitmap blocks.
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Coalescing free extents is unnecessary for locally managed tablespaces.
All tablespaces, including the SYSTEM
tablespace, can be locally managed.
The DBMS_SPACE_ADMIN
package provides maintenance procedures for locally managed tablespaces.
CREATE TABLESPACE lmtbsb DATAFILE ‘/u02/oracle/data/lmtbsb01.dbf‘ SIZE 50M EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL AUTOALLOCATE; -- CREATE TABLESPACE lmtbsb DATAFILE ‘/u02/oracle/data/lmtbsb01.dbf‘ SIZE 50M EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL UNIFORM SIZE 128K; -- CREATE SMALLFILE TABLESPACE... -- CREATE BIGFILE TABLESPACE... -- CREATE TABLESPACE lmtbsb DATAFILE ‘/u02/oracle/data/lmtbsb01.dbf‘ SIZE 50M EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO;