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The guiding principle in configuring an I/O system for a database is to maximize I/O bandwidth by having multiple disks and channels accessing the data. To maximize I/O bandwidth, stripe the database files. The goal is to ensure that each Oracle tablespace is striped across many disks so data can be accessed with the highest possible I/O bandwidth. When using PowerStore arrays, striping is accomplished automatically at the storage level. Oracle ASM also provides stripping at the application level. Oracle ASM is Oracle’s recommended storage solution.