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How to save space for Basicfiles Lob (Doc ID 2176005.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 23, 2021

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

LOBs, or Large OBjects, are used to store non-character data, such as mp3s, videos, pictures and long character data. Binary large objects, or BLOBs, and character large objects, or CLOBs, can store up to terabytes of data.

This Note will describe that how can we save some space when converting basicfile LOB to Securefile LOB.

Solution

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