Oracle 19c and my favorite list

Today (14-Feb-2019) Oracle officially released the 19c docs and Oracle Database 19c for Exadata through edelivery channel. Since the news is out, Oracle community is busy talking about 19c availability and sharing articles about 19c etc.

I spent a little amount of time to scan through some of really useful features of 19c for DBAs, and here is my list:

• Availability
• Simplified DB parameter management in Broker Configuration
• Flashback Standby DB when Primary DB is flashed back
• Active Data Guard DML Redirection
• New parameter for tuning automatic outage resolution with DG
• Data Warehousing
• SQL Diagnostic and Repair Enhancements
• Automatic Indexing 
• Performance Enhancement for in-memory external tables
• Real-Time Statistics
• High Frequency Automatic Optimizer Statistics Collection
• Automated install, config and patch
• Automated upgrade, migration and utilities
• Performance
• SQL Quarantine 
• Real-time monitoring for Developers
• Workload capture and Replay in a PDB
• RAC and Grid
• Automated Transaction Draining for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
• Zero-downtime Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patching

I will start writing series of articles about my favorite Oracle 19c features. Stay tune.



References:
https://www.oracle.com/a/tech/docs/database19c-wp.pdf
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/newft/new-features.html#GUID-06A15128-1172-48E5-8493-CD670B9E57DC
https://medium.com/oracledevs/oracle-database-19c-now-available-on-oracle-exadata-9b57963e2c89