Architecture

Non-CDB architecture of Oracle databases is DEPRECATED since Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

Please find an updated blog post here:

as the text in the Database Upgrade Guide has been changed as well.


non-CDB deprecated in Oracle 12.1.0.2

What does this mean?

Deprecation first of all does not mean “desupported”. It means in this case that you of course can have still stand-alone Oracle databases as you know the architecture from previous releases. But you can also have a single-tenant deployment (a CDB with one PDB – no Multitenant license required) or multitenant databases (a CDB with up to 252 PDBs – Multitenant Option license required).…

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