What's new in Oracle 11g R1 and R2 databases?
Oracle technologies emerge stronger with every new release, and with every new release, come significant new features and key enhancements. Oracle 11g is no exception to this trend.
Before you begin managing the database of a new release, it is essential that you thoroughly understand the concepts, usage, and overall impact of those new features.
Although there are many exciting new features such as Database Replay, Automatic Memory Management (AMM), Interval Partitioning, SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA), Total Recall, Instance caging, Database Smart Flash Cache, and so on introduced in the Oracle 11g Database R1 and R2, we will focus on the key new features of Oracle 11g R1 and R2 that can be commonly implemented in most environments. For the complete list of new features, we encourage you to refer to the Oracle 11g database new features document at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17120/whatsnew.htm#i969790.
