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Within each layer of the infrastructure, the team sequentially tested each component and documented the results. For example, within the storage layer, the goal was to show how optimizing the number of volumes for DATA, REDO, and FRA disk groups improve performance of an Oracle database.
We assumed performance would increase with each test configuration. For example, the last test would achieve an overall optimal Oracle database solution.