10g

Oracle defines grid computing as the coordinated use of many small servers acting as one computer. Grids are built with low cost components, so you can start with a small investment and expand your grid as your business grows. The benefits of grid computing are:

- Computing power delivered on demand
- Automatic load balancing of your systems
- Grid Control for easy management of your IT Infrastructure

Oracle Database 10g is being touted by Oracle as the world's most affordable, self-managing database software. It introduces advanced capabilities that eliminate hundreds of complex, repetitive administration tasks such as performance diagnostics, application tuning and memory management. The database also provides companies with a grid computing infrastructure to achieve the highest levels of efficiency from existing information technology (IT) investments. Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g are generally available on several platforms. Links to download pages are below in the "From Oracle" section.

This page is a compilation of 10g information from numerous sources.We will continue to update this page to keep you informed on 10g related news and offerings.

Upgrade Information

The following versions can directly be upgraded to Oracle Database 10g :

Oracle Database 8.0.6
Oracle Database 8.1.7
Oracle Database 9.0.1
Oracle Database 9.2

From the IOUG

IOUG SELECT Journal: Oracle Database 10g, New SQL Features

IOUG Technical Repository: The Great 10g Migration Week Experiment

IOUG Technical Repository: Performance Monitoring & Tuning for RAC; Includes What's New in 10g

IOUG Technical Repository: Instructions for Installing ColdFusion 6.1 MX under OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Enterprise Edition

SELECT Journal: SELECT Star: It’s Official – No Oracle 10i, by Tony Jambu

SELECT Journal: SELECT Star: Oracle 10i – To Be or Not To Be, by Tony Jambu

IOUG Technical Repository: Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g : End to End Performance Management of Oracle Solutions

IOUG Live! 2004: Info and Abstracts for the 10g Sessions

Product Obsolescence/De-support Information for Oracle Database version(s) 8.1.7 (8i) & 8.1.7.x (8i) on the following platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Linux x86, HP-UX PA-RISC, IBM OS/390 (z/OS) version(s) ALL - OSDI, excluding MPM, Microsoft Windows 98, HP Tru64 UNIX, HP Alpha OpenVMS, Solaris Operating System (x86), IBM AIX-Based Systems version(s) 5L, Fujitsu-Siemens BS2000/OSD, Solaris Operating System (SPARC), and Microsoft Windows NT for Intel.

Product Obsolescence/De-support Information for Oracle Database version(s) 8.1.7 (8i) & 8.1.7.x (8i) on the following platform(s): IBM OS/390 (z/OS) version(s) ALL - MPM, excluding OSDI, SGI Unix, IBM NUMA-Q DYNIX/ptx (Sequent), IBM AIX-Based Systems version(s) 4.3.3, NEC UX/4800, UnixWare (SCO), Data General Intel Unix, Fujitsu-Siemens RM200-600E, and Reliant Unix.

IOUG Live! 2004 University Seminar: Oracle10g New Features by Daniel Liu

IOUG Live! 2004 University Seminar: Key 10g Features Oracle9i DBAs Need to Know by George Trujillo

From Oracle

OTN: Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Beta Week

OTN: Oracle Database 10g Downloads

OTN: Oracle Database 10g The World's First Self-Managing, Grid-Ready Database Arrives

OTN: Eliminating Complexity: Automatic Storage Management

OTN: Inside Oracle Database 10g : Storage on Automatic

Oracle.com: Oracle Spatial (10g )

OTN: Oracle Optimizer - 10g enhancements

OTN: OTN: Register for Oracle 10g Notification

OTN: Oracle Application Server 10g

OTN: FAQ - Oracle Application Server 10g

OracleWorld 2003: 10g SQL Model Clause

OracleWorld 2003: Watch OracleWorld Keynote Presentations, Including Ken Jacobs, Dr. DBA's Presentation, "Mastering the Grid"

OTN: Part 1 in a Series that Looks at Enrichments to PL/SQL in Oracle Database 10g , by Steven Feuerstein

Oracle.com (press release):Oracle Database 10g on Linux Sets New World Performance Record

Personal Reviews

Rene Nyffenegger's 10g New Features Web Page

Tanel Poder's 10g Technical PPT

Mark Rittman's Oracle Weblog: Oracle 10g OLAP New Features

Mark Rittman's Oracle Weblog: Oracle 10g 's New Grid Features

Mark Rittman's Oracle Weblog: 10g Data Pump (new imp/exp) :

Books

Oracle Database 10 g New Features   - Oracle 10g Reference for Advanced Tuning & Administration by Mike Ault, Daniel Liu, and Madhu Tumma.

Oracle 10 g Reference Poster - Includes Oracle 10g AWR and ASH DBA History Views by Don Burleson, Mike Ault, and Col. John Garmany.

Oracle 10 g Grid & Real Application Clusters - Oracle10g Grid Computing with RAC by Mike Ault and Madhu Tumma.

Oracle Disk I/O Tuning - Disk IO Performance & Optimization for Oracle 10g Database by Mike Ault.

Oracle SQL & CBO Internals - Oracle 10g CBO Internals & SQL Tuning Optimization by Kimberly Floss.

Oracle Dataguard - Standby Database Failover Handbook by Bipul Kumar.

Oracle Streams - High Speed Replication and Data Sharing by Madhu Tumma.

Oracle Database 10g Linux Administration, by Wim Coekaerts

Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL Programming by Scott Urman

Unbreakable Oracle by Design: Oracle Database 10g Security by David Knox

Oracle Database 10g : A Beginner's Guide by Michael Abbey, Ian Abramson, and Michael Corey.

Oracle Database 10g XML & SQL: Design, Build, & Manage XML Applications in Java, C, C++, & PL/SQL by Mark Scardina,. Ben Chang, and Jinyu Wang

Oracle Database 10g SQL by Jason Price

Oracle Database 10g DBA Handbook by Kevin Loney and Bob Bryla

Oracle Database 10g New Features: Oracle10g Reference for Advanced Tuning & Administration by Mike Ault, Daniel Liu, Madhu Tumma

Oracle 10g Grid & Real Application Clusters Oracle10g Grid Computing with RAC by Mike Ault, Madhu Tumma, & Ranko Mosic

Oracle10g Automatic DBA Made Easy Automatic Storage, Memory and Diagnostic Features by Dr. Arun Kumar R.

Oracle Disk I/O Tuning Disk IO Performance & Optimization for Oracle 10gDatabases by Mike Ault

Oracle SQL & Index Internals Oracle 10g CBO Internals & SQL Tuning Optimization by Kimberly Floss

In the News

Connecting the Java World to RAC/Grid-enabled Databases

Computerworld: Oracle Challenges Microsoft in Low-End Database Market

January 2004 Database Trends and Applications article: Oracle 10g Leads to the Rise of the Database Infrastructure Administrator

eWEEK: Oracle 10g's the Cat's Meow, Says the IOUG

searchOracle: 10g Sneak Peak

Yahoo: Oracle Releases World's First Grid-Ready Application Server

c/net: For Oracle, It's Ready, Set, Grid RDBMS for Improved Manageability and Monitoring

Gartner: Evaluate Oracle 10g RDBMS for Improved Manageability and Monitoring

OVUM: The launch of Oracle 10g

EWeek: Oracle 10g Geared for the Grid

IDG: Oracle parades 10g beta customers

Malaysian National News: Oracle on Linux sets world performance record

ServerWatch: Vendors Line Up Behind Oracle 10g

Silicon.com: Oracle software given wireless boost with Vodafone

ADTMag: Oracle tools strategy: 10g signals grid direction

CRN: Oracle Aims 10g At Mid-Market By Yearend

Webdesk: Oracle 10g Enterprise Manager

Intelligent Enterprise : Oracle 10g - the Grid is the Computer

pro-dba.com: Oracle 10g (10i ) prerelease information (De-supported features 8i and 9i R1, Rule Based Optimized)

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