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Compare Oracle 8i vs. 9i vs. 10g vs. 11g vs. 12c
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It can be said without altering that Oracle database


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management systems are the most widely used DBMSs
in the world. Oracle is an object-relational DBMS, and it
has the capability to operate essentially on every
computer type: PCs as well as Macs, minicomputers
and huge mainframes alike.

Oracle underwent redesign to ful ll the need brought


by network computing as well as to give the market a
secure and reliable application data management
system. It can comfortably support small applications
on departmental levels, and scale upwards to serve high-volume online transaction systems and data
warehouse applications with query-intensity.

From its creation in the early 1980s, Oracle had undergone continuous improvement and rede nition
until the Oracle 8i, rst released in 1997 to its most recent release, the Oracle 12c released in June
2013. Below is a basic overview of the ve generations of Oracle Databases from 8i to 12c.

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An in-depth discussion of all features would obviously require a di耀橔erent forum, a book most
precisely. Therefore, what we o耀橔er today will be a brief outline of the most signi cant features that
set each generation apart from its predecessors.

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Oracle 8i

The database development and management environment from Oracle provides for client/server
DBMS, including a number of utilities useful in the development of database systems:

Oracle Navigator –useful in the creation of new tables within a visual environment
Oracle Browser – useful in the creation of SQL queries as well as QBE (query by example queries).
Oracle Forms – these create/develop menus and/or graphical forms applicable to user
applications.
Oracle Reports – generation of reports in printing and display of data
SQL Plus – creation testing and debugging command-prompt SQL queries
Oracle Graphics – generation of graphical representations and visual aids based on information
stored in the database.
Enterprise Manager – management and tuning of the database
Oracle Webserver – used to create a WWW site to enable users develop dynamic web pages using
Oracle databases.

Oracle 9i
The improvement in Oracle 9i aims at improved optimization of conventional business applications,
stimulations of the emergent hosted applications market and facilitation of vital advancement
capabilities required for internet-based business.

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As regards availability, the Oracle 9i DB provides an extension of Internet Database Availability in


principal areas, including online data evolution, enhanced disaster recovery environments and
precision database repair. Enhanced data recovery environments have seen implementation through
the introduction of many features and enhancements, which can condense into the four categories
below:

System fault recovery – within seconds failover on Real Application Clusters, Oracle Application
Clusters Guard among others.
Disaster recovery – LogMiner, Data Guard with automation and monitoring, zero data loss log
transport, delayed mode etc.
Planned downtime – online changes in schema, reorganization of indexes and tables,
comprehensive online index operation, dynamic parameters on databases etc.
Human error safeguards – Flashback Query, comprehensive log analysis and presumable space
allocation etc.

It also implements new online architecture featuring the following:

Changes on any physical table attributes


Changes on many of the logical attributes as well
Secondary indexes on IOTs may be created and/or rebuilt online
Online creation and analysis of indexes
Online repair for physical guesses proven invalid

Oracle 10g
There are several hundred feature di耀橔erences between the 9i and 10g versions, but the following
o耀橔ers and worth summary of the new features implemented on the Oracle 10g database version:

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SQL optimizer internals have been majorly altered


Oracle grid computing
RAC in Oracle 10g enhanced to enable dynamic scalability on server blades
Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) in 10g completely redesigned
The OEM performance pack now includes ASH and AWR tables, same as the Diagnostic Pack
The imp utility on the Data Pump has been replaced with impdp
SQLTuning Advisor
Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
SQLAccess Advisor
The Stripe and Mirror Everywhere Standard (SAME) introduced Automatic Storage Management
(ASM)
Automatic Workload Repository introduced to replace the STATSPACK
Automated Session History (ASH)able to materialize the Oracle Wait Interface in time
Scheduling package dbms_job is replaced by the dbms_scheduler package
Introduction of the OEM Partition Manager
Provision for support of Multiple Temporary Tablespaces to decrease sorting stress in TEMP
Introduction of backup compression by RMAN

Oracle 11g
At the time of launch, Oracle 11g was a promise to consumers as an implementation of 482 new
features. These changes aimed at satisfying a then hungry commercial database market that had
since developed rather mature and high expectations of an RDBMS solution.

One outstanding enhancement in Oracle 11g is its heavy investment towards self-tuning capabilities.
The design implemented this through creation of automated storage, automated memory
management and creation of intelligent tuning advisors. The loop ended through the provision of
intelligent automation tools, resulting in a self-healing database. The most important enhancement in
this is the SQL tuning advisor that is capable of tuning SQL statements automatically.

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A list of enhancements in Oracle 11g is as outlined below:

Automatic memory tuning


Fully automated SQL Tuning through the SQL Performance Analyzer
Automated load balancing in storage
Automated Diagnostic Repository
Enhancement of the Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) – 11g codi ed the approach to ILM
CBO statistics refresh threshold with table-level control
Tables interval partitioning
File group repository
Load balancing utilities

among many others.

Oracle 12c

Here are the features that make Oracle 12c, rst released in June 2013 the best Oracle experience yet:

Better upgrade experience – the process of upgrading is simpler and less prone to risks as much
of the process uses Oracles automated Upgrade Assistants. A lot of resources on implementation
and upgrades can also be available online.
Price di耀橔erences – Oracle 12c still enjoys the uplift waive for Extended support, meaning that
customers paying for the 11g support would also enjoy support for the new 12c improvements
and features. An upgrade would therefore make better economic sense.
Awesome support – Oracle 12c has been on the market for over a year, and as with previous
generations, comes with better user support than any of the previous versions.

Here is a list of the three most compelling improvements to Oracle version 12c:

Multi-tenant and pluggable databases o耀橔ering less taxing amalgamation of several databases as
well as cloud deployment into DBaaS, IaaS and PaaS.
Automatic data optimization – monitoring of the read-write characteristics of the database
allowing grouping and data tiers according to access frequency.

Column Store and In-memory Caching and Compression – a new set of features that permit data
caching in larger amounts than the conventional bu耀橔er caches. Data cached is then stored in
compressed columnar format, having a dramatic impact on performance and optimization of server
resources.

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6 Comments

Mathew clark
February 5, 2015 at 12:50 pm

Thank you Jenny for such an interesting post on various versions oracle. I have been
reading blogs on various niche like database, oracle. I have also got help from
remote dba experts regarding oracle and many other tools which are used for
database designing.

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David Wicks
February 5, 2015 at 2:30 pm

Good post! Thank you very much for informative article. I have been doing discussion
with my team members who are remote dba experts. I will keep this topic in front of
them as it gives detail description of oracle. Keep sharing such articles in future.
Thumps up for the article.

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vijay.p
June 26, 2015 at 9:24 am

nyc post … easy to understand………

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Andrew Thompson
September 8, 2015 at 9:45 am

So much needed comparison between Oracle versions. Every version has some
added features. Most database administrator doesn’t know the di耀橔erence between
the versions of the oracle database. This is most useful article for such database
administrator. The description about each version can be taken through remote dba
services. Thank you Jenny for sharing this article with us. Hope to see more articles in
future. Well done.

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Samy
September 9, 2015 at 7:36 am

Very nice.loved it.

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Alexander Fernandise
September 17, 2015 at 10:54 am

Thanks you for Jenny Richards for sharing such a article. Article has many useful
points which I like to share with my friends and discuss it with them. Good to read!! I
like to read and gather more information as you post has some interesting
information. If you are interested to know more about database, then you can go for
remote dba services. Looking more article on same

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