The selected radio button indicates how the storage for the table space will be managed:
A system managed space (SMS) table space is managed by the operating system. The operating file system allocates and manages the media storage.
A database managed space (DMS) table space is managed by the database manager. A DMS table space is designed and tuned to meet the requirements of the database manager.
You cannot alter the type of space management.
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