The image shows a side-by-side comparison of the differences in architecture between an Oracle Database 19c deployment on VM Cluster 1 using Exascale block storage for the data files, recovery files and log files (stored in volumes DATAVOL1, RECOVOL1, and LOGVOL1), and an Oracle Database 23ai deployment on VM Cluster 2 using Exascale Smart Storage, with data files, recovery files, and log files stored direclty in Exascale Smart Storage The SYSTEM-VAULT area contains VM filesystem storage for Oracle Database files. Both VM clusters are tenancies hosted on the Exascale Storage Cloud. There is further description about how Oracle manages VM file systems in the Cloud in the text that follows. Detailed information about each deployment type (Oracle Database 19c on Exascale Block Storage and Oracle Database 23ai on Exascale Smart Storage) are described in detail in the preceding images.