Oracle 11g new features

1. You can upgrade from 9.2.0.4 or higher directly to 11.

2. Current latest version is 11.1.0.7
3. Single parameter memory_target for memory management (includes now PGA also)
4. ADDM enhancements
--now it is global
-- to monitor DB cluster
-- to monitor DB instance
5. SQL TA (tuning advisor),
--SQL PM (plan management) builds SQL plan baselines
--gives hints
--sql profile stores statistics
6. The SQL repair advisor
7. SQL performance analyzer (SPA) measures SQL performance before and after a
parameter change
8. SPA can be used to upgrade from 10g to 11g.
9. RAT (real application testing) with DB work load capture and replay
10. Enhanced partitioning. added interval partitioning, not supported for IOT tables
you can compress individual partitions
nocompress for individual partitions
11. oracle secure files for RFID DICOM etc types, better performance than LOBs
12. result cache, SQL can be used for future executions
13. invisible indexes, to turn off indexes for a while when you think not needed.
14. SQL expressions
15. create & rebuild index online, no lock is acquired at the beginning and end
16. gather stats auto sampling
17. stats by partition
18. multi column statistics
19. create extended statistics with correlation between columns
20. security enhancments. Audit trail is ON by default.