The latest Innovation release of the world's most popular database, Oracle Database 21c, is now generally available in Dec 8, 2020.
Introducing Oracle Database 21c | Oracle Database Insider Blog
Compatibility platform
- Oracle Cloud
| Platform | Supported | OS | Memo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Database | Yes | Oracle Linux | Oracle Cloud |
| Database Cloud Service | Yes | Oracle Linux | Oracle Cloud |
| Exadata Cloud Service | Not Yet | Oracle Linux | Oracle Cloud |
| Exadata Cloud@Customer | Not Yet | Oracle Linux | customers’ own data center |
- On premise Engineered Systems
| Platform | Supported | OS | Memo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exadata (on premise) | Not Yet | Oracle Linux | planned |
| Oracle Database Appliance | Not Yet | Oracle Linux | planned |
| Supercluster | Not Yet | Solaris | planned |
- On premise
No infrastructure available at this time
now planning in Linux x86-64 / Solaris SPARC / Windows Server x64 / HP-UX / AIX
Official announcement
If you have a support contract and MOS access is available, you can check the official information from the following
- Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (Doc ID 742060.1)
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Be careful if you want to use Oracle Database in the cloud.
Only available on AWS / Azure / Oracle Cloud in the public (shared) domain.
For example, using Oracle Database on IBM Cloud can lead to license violations without your knowledge.
21c is now available on the Oracle Cloud Autonomous Database, so I think you have a chance to use it for free.
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