Elements of the Instance
The Oracle instance consists of the Oracle processes and the associated memory structures required both to access the files that make up an Oracle database and to give Oracle users access to the data. Figure 10.1 shows a simple Oracle instance.
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Figure 10-1. A simple Oracle instance
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