Features ORACLE 11g

Oracle 11g is the latest version of the Oracle database. The common theme for this release is "Growing the Grid" (focus on Fusion Middleware, RAC and ASM).
There are new options ??

Database options are not part of the "free" upgrade, but will require additional licenses. The new options in 11g are:

* Oracle Total Recall with Flashback Data Archive
* Oracle Advanced Compression
* Real Application Testing (RAT)

New Features??
The new data types available in Oracle 11g are:

* Binary XML type - up to 15 x faster over XML LOBs.
* DICOM Medical Images.
* 3D Spatial Support.
* RFID tag data types.