Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Oracle Database Product Life Cycle Support 19C ( Doc ID 742060.1)

 

Oracle Database Product Life Cycle Support  23ai, 19c Long Term & Innovation Releases !


Oracle has just changed their product life cycle support for their database technology especially.

There are two types of releases now: Long Term Release , and Innovation Release

Long Term Release:  are ideal for use cases that benefit from less frequent upgrades to newer releases. This type of release offers highest stability. The long term release will have 5 years of Premier Support.

Innovation Release:  is a release between long term releases. This type of releases will provide new enhancements and capabilities. it will have short period of Premier support which is 2 years. The idea here is to provide cutting edge technologies for rapidly evolving technologies.


Oracle 19c (long term release):

Premier Support (PS) ends April 30, 2024, two years of waived Extended Support (ES) fees will be in effect from May 1, 2024 until April 30, 2026. Fees will be required beginning May 01, 2026 through April 30, 2027


Oracle 21c (innovation release):  April 30, 2025

Oracle 23ai (long term release):  released in the cloud, not on premise yet. Expected Premier support will end April 30, 2029.


oracle official reference documentation: Doc ID 742060.1

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