一個Oracle資料庫系統是以一個由字母和數字组成的系統識別碼(SID, Site ID)來做唯一性的區別[4]—包含了至少一個應用程式的實例,和資料儲存設備。一個實例(instance)是由一個實例數字(或是一個啟動ID:SYS.V_$DATABASE.ACTIVATION#)表示—包含了一個作業系統程序的集合和與儲存設備進行交談的內部結構。典型的程序有PMON(the process monitor程序監看器)和SMON(the system monitor系統監看器)。
Oracle資料庫的用户設計到了SGA(System Global Area系统全局领域)服务器端内存结构。SGA保存了缓存信息比如数据缓冲区,SQL命令,和用户信息。在存储之外,数据库由保存了数据变更历史的在线恢复日志。进程可以把在线的恢复日志转换成存档的日志(离线恢复日志),给数据回复和再生提供了基础。
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^Bhakthavatsalam, Namrata. Glossary. Oracle Database Client Installation Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1) for AIX Based Systems Part Number B32077-03. Oracle. August 2008 [2008-11-17]. (原始内容存档于2010-03-16). The SID automatically defaults to the database name portion of the global database name (sales in the example sales.us.example.com) until you reach eight characters or enter a period. You can accept or change the default value.
^Watkins, Bob. Look inside ASM disk groups with Oracle 10gR2's ASMCMD. techrepublic.com. ZDNet. 2007-01-30 [2009-07-30]. (原始内容存档于2012-07-07). In 10g, Oracle introduced a new kind of storage for its database product. Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is a logical volume manager that takes physical disk partitions and manages their contents [...] Until ASM, there were only two choices: file system storage and raw disk storage.
^Nyffenegger, René. Control files [Oracle]. René Nyffenegger's collection of things on the web. [2009-07-30]. (原始内容存档于2009-08-08). The control files of a database store the status of the physical structure of the database.
^Shea, Cathy; et al.. Overview of Globalization Support. Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide 11g Release 1(11.1). Oracle Corporation. September 2007 [2009-02-16]. (原始内容存档于2009-05-09). In the past, Oracle referred to globalization support capabilities as National Language Support (NLS) features. NLS is actually a subset of globalization support. NLS is the ability to choose a national language and store data in a specific character set. Globalization support enables you to develop multilingual applications and software products that can be accessed and run from anywhere in the world simultaneously.引文使用过时参数coauthors (帮助)