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Complete reference - Oracle Sharding/Globally Distributed Database (Doc ID 2143551.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 19, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

NOTE: In the images and/or the document content below, the user information and environment data used represents
fictitious data from the Oracle sample schema(s),Public Documentation delivered with an Oracle database product or
other training material. Any similarity to actual environments, actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental
and not intended in any manner.

For the purposes of this document, the following fictitious environment is used as an example
to describe the procedure:

 

DATABASE: PROD, SH1, SH2, SH3

 

 

This Article is intended to detail the features of Sharding which is available in Oracle 12.2. Oracle Sharding is a database scaling technology based on horizontal partitioning of data across multiple databases.

Table Of Contents:

Introduction
What is Sharding?
Sharding Vs Non Sharding
Benefits of Sharding
Types of Sharding
System Managed Sharding
User Defined Sharding
Composite Sharding
Complete Reference Document
DEMO

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
 Table Of Contents:

Introduction
What is Sharding?
Sharding Vs Non Sharding
Benefits of Sharding
Types of Sharding
System Managed Sharding
User Defined Sharding
Composite Sharding
Complete Reference Document
DEMO

Solution


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