Managing the Flash Recovery Area |
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Oracle Database Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) stores database backups, online redo log files, and archived redo log files in the flash recovery area. The primary management tasks related to the flash recovery area are the following:
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Monitoring flash recovery area available space
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Changing the flash recovery area location and size
The flash recovery area is a fixed-size storage area. The default size is 10 gigabytes (GB). Because Oracle Database XE storage is limited to 5 GB, two backups of the database are expected to fit in the flash recovery area. However, when running in ARCHIVELOG mode, you may need to allocate extra space for archived redo log files, and you must monitor flash recovery area available space more closely. (See "Archived Redo Log Files" for information about ARCHIVELOG mode.)
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