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1Z0-515 · Question #30

Flash in the Oracle Exadata Database Machine is of lower latency (and enables faster access to data) than:

The correct answer is D. Locally attached and network-attached disk. The Exadata Smart Flash Cache is also used to reduce the latency of log write I/O eliminating performance bottlenecks that might occur due to database logging. Flash memory has very good average write latency. It is faster than locally attached and network- attached disks…

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Question

Flash in the Oracle Exadata Database Machine is of lower latency (and enables faster access to data) than:

Options

  • AMemory
  • BMemory and locally attached disk
  • CMemory and network-attached disk
  • DLocally attached and network-attached disk

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    12% (6)
  • D
    78% (39)

Explanation

The Exadata Smart Flash Cache is also used to reduce the latency of log write I/O eliminating performance bottlenecks that might occur due to database logging. Flash memory has very good average write latency. It is faster than locally attached and network- attached disks. However, it is not faster than Memory (RAM).

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#Exadata#flash storage#storage latency#storage hierarchy

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