This section describes concepts for the key Oracle ASM components and it contains the following topics:
About Oracle ASM Instances
About Oracle ASM Disk Groups
About Mirroring and Failure Groups
About Oracle ASM Disks
About Oracle ASM Allocation Units
About Oracle ASM Files
For information about preparing your storage environment, see Exploring Considerations for Oracle ASM Storage .
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