This part describes the basic structural architecture of the Oracle database, including logical and physical storage structures.

This part contains the following chapters:

• Physical Storage Structures

• Logical Storage Structures

• Physical Storage Structures
  The physical database structures of an Oracle database are viewable at the operating system level.
• Logical Storage Structures
  This chapter describes the nature of and relationships among logical storage structures. These structures are created and recognized by Oracle Database and are not known to the operating system.