### Database Installation Location

By default, the database installation directory is located under the Oracle Configuration Utility home directory; however, it is recommended that you centralize the database files and place them in a directory under ORACLE_HOME.

### Database Size

Exclusively use external file vaults — Select this option to store your large database objects in the operating system's file system instead of the database Blobs tablespace. When you select this option, less space is allocated for the Blobs tablespace (100 MB fixed size) in the database. When you select this option, the following displayed sizes are adjusted accordingly.

Select the size of your Oracle server database from the three available choices:

- Small
- Medium
- Large

#### Guidelines for Determining Size

The next two tables provide data to help you determine the size of your Oracle database.

Metadata: Total number of parts and documents

Metadata | Size
up to 25,000 parts; 25,000 documents | Small
up to 100,000 parts; 100,000 documents | Medium
up to 1,000,000 parts; 1,000,000 documents | Large

Size | Blobs (MB) | Blobs with External File Vault (MB)
Small | 800 | 725
Medium | 1400 | 1050
Large | 3600 | 1700

For information on how to calculate the target size of your database when it is fully loaded, please consult the Performance Tuning Guide that is provided with your software.