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Oracle Database 12c: Cloud computing with multitenant architecture

Pluggable Database

Around five years of development went into the new release of the Oracle database, and the current version, Oracle 12c [1], has been available for download from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) [2] since June. The software was actually intended for earlier release, but more tests were required to make sure it was as bug-free as possible before it reached the markets.

The new release is available for Linux and Solaris, and versions for Windows, IBM AIX, and HPUX will follow shortly. A version is also planned for BS2000 platforms. The manufacturer intends to provide special upgrade wizards and will even support a direct step up from the legacy releases 8i and 9i to 12c. The condition for this is that the database must have the current patch level.

Beyond the known licensing models, Oracle also will offer a private cloud service with flexible prices. Whether this model will be adopted by customers, and how it will be received, is an interesting question: Many enterprise customers are rather skeptical about public cloud models and were so before the recent PRISM scares. In the future, however, along with the public cloud, there will be easy and flexible ways to consolidate the database landscape in-house with the new multitenant architecture [3]. The new multitenant architecture is thus a precondition for "Database as a Service."

New Paradigm

One of the most important new features is the multitenant capability [4] of the new architecture. This feature is designed to facilitate cloud computing at the enterprise level, whether in a public or private cloud. Additionally, it can reduce hardware resources and administrative overhead.

This architecture will

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