Oracle ships Windows version of 11g database

[ahmadbilal]

Oracle has released the Windows version of its flagship 11g database.
A few months after the company shipped the Linux version. Along with many performance improvements, the Windows release features beefed-up integration with Microsoft's platform on both the administrative and developer levels #61514;
Administrators can now execute backup and recovery jobs with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service, according to Oracle. The database also features tight links with Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development environment.
New features in 11g
Oracle Real Application Testing. This enables customers to use real-life production workloads to test the effect of potential changes within IT environments, before actually conducting the change, the company says.
Oracle Advanced Compression, which can compress data by three times or more, according to the company.
Oracle Total Recall, a system for querying historical changes to data.

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