Database Reference
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Summary
There are many really interesting new features in Oracle 12c. Some have made their way into this chapter; others
could not to keep the page count in check. As with every new database release it is easiest to get started with the new
features guide. This document will introduce the new features by functional area and point you to further information
in the respective guide. Every document in the documentation has a “what is new ... ” section at the beginning. This
section provides more information than the new features guide and again points you to the relevant chapter.
Of all the available new features this chapter presented a taste for what you can expect with the latest version of
the database. Some of the contents here will be referenced in other chapters, especially the threaded execution model
and Automatic Storage Management. In the author's opinion ASM is a great, simple, and most importantly unified
storage mechanism the DBA can employ on any platform currently supported. By implementing ASM the agility of
provisioning storage will improve, and thanks to the online (almost) everything, stripe-and-mirror approach ASM is
well suited for large deployments, be it single instance or a Real Application Cluster.
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