Autoscaling in Oracle Autonomous DB

Autoscaling for Autonomous Database (Shared or Serverless) was made available in May 2019. So what is it? And how does it work? First and foremost, the UI has changed a little as of the time of writing. This seems to be due to the release TODAY for the Dedicated Autonomous Transaction Processing service (more on … Continue reading Autoscaling in Oracle Autonomous DB →

Autonomous Database Clones

As of today, you can now clone Autonomous Databases - both ADW and ATP - in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This was an oft requested feature for the service and its great to see that its now available. You have the choice of having a full clone or metadata only clone created. Full clones are a … Continue reading Autonomous Database Clones →

Oracle 18c != Autonomous Database, But Autonomous needs 18c

When Oracle (yes, I work for the big O) announced that it was building out its Autonomous Database Platform - starting with the Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud (ADWC) - I started hearing a lot of statements that Oracle 18c would be Autonomous in and of itself. This is not the case. The very excellent Tim … Continue reading Oracle 18c != Autonomous Database, But Autonomous needs 18c →