Back in the spring Oracle offered some of its cloud certifications and training for free. I wanted to learn more about Autonomous Database (ADB) so this seemed like a good way to do that. It took a while to schedule the exam but I completed it in July.
I don’t know about pricing but that aside, ADB would be my first choice when considering Oracle. ADB is just so much simpler, like letting Oracle look after 90% of the tedious grunt work. And frankly, if your using Oracle, how price sensitive can you really be?
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Posted by Gord Irish 
The Irish DBA 