Start Using Oracle AI Database 26ai Now!

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1. Start Using Oracle AI Database 26ai Database, Cloud & Developer Day • Utrecht • 13 November 2025
2. Database Reliability Engineering MAA ⁘ RAC ⁘ RMAN ⁘ ZDLRA ⁘ ASM Data Guard ⁘ Sharding ⁘ Partitioning Information Lifecycle Management Exadata & Engineered Systems Database Modernization Upgrades ⁘ Patching ⁘ Migrations Cloud ⁘ Hybrid Automation DevOps ⁘ IaC ⁘ Containers ⁘ Terraform Vagrant ⁘ Ansible Observability AHF ⁘ TFA ⁘ CHA ⁘ CHM
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6. Part I 26ai: The ever-changing database.
8. Oracle AI Database 26ai Oracle Database 23ai is now
9. $ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 23.26.0.0.0 - Production Version 23.26.0.0.0 Copyright (c) 1982, 2025, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Release 23.26.0.0.0 Version 23.26.0.0.0 SQL>
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11. Part II 26ai: How.
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13. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Limited to: • 2 CPU • 2 GB RAM • 12 GB Storage Does not include: • Machine Learning • Data Transformations • Patching* https://www.oracle.com/database/free
14. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Oracle AI Database 26ai Free VirtualBox Appliance Includes: • Oracle Linux 8.10 • Oracle AI Database 23.26 • Oracle REST 25.3 • Oracle SQLcl 25.3 • Oracle APEX 24.2 • JDK 21.0.5 Requirements • Oracle VirtualBox • 4 GB RAM • 20 GB Disk https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/databaseappdev-vm.html
15. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Linux RPM Available for: • Oracle Linux 8/9 Intel • Oracle Enterprise Linux 8/9 (EL8/9) Intel • Oracle Linux 8 ARM • ~ 1.4 GB rpm Simple installation: dnf install -y oracle-database-preinstall* dnf install -y oracle-ai-database-free-26ai* /etc/init.d/oracle-free-26ai configure
16. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Oracle AI Database 26ai Free for Windows Requirements: • Windows 10 x64 Pro/Pro Workstation/Enterprise/Education • Windows 11 x64 Pro/Enterprise/Education • Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2024 x64 Standard/Datacenter/Essentials • 2 GB RAM • 10 GB Disk • ~ 1.4 GB zip
17. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Container Images "It works on your machine!" • Windows, Mac, Linux • Intel, ARM Fast, simple provisioning: podman pull \ container-registry.oracle.com/database/free:latest podman run -d \ --name <container_name> \ container-registry.oracle.com/database/free:latest https://container-registry.oracle.com/ords/ocr/ba/database/free
19. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Container Images No DBA necessary! • Deploy databases in moments • Lightweight system footprint • Default database included Customize database creation via CLI • Character set, archive logging, credentials, more • Run custom scripts during setup and/or startup • Configure persistent or ephemeral storage
25. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Container Images Full (default) image: • ~ 3.4 GB • Full AI Database Free installation Lite image: • Only basic database features • Just 850 MB (80% smaller) for faster download • Ideal for CI/CD
26. Features not supported in Oracle AI Database 26ai Free Lite Container Images
27. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Self-driving database with automatic: • Query tuning • Backups and maintenance • Patching and upgrades Runs on Exadata in: • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (serverless) • Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (hybrid/multi-cloud) • Exadata Cloud@Customer (on-premises) Oracle Autonomous AI Database Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Autonomous Database
28. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Autonomous Database on OCI Always Free Tier Oracle Autonomous Database Always Free Tier • Allows two ADB-S instances free—forever • Workloads: Transaction, Lakehouse, JSON, or APEX Limits: • Available in select regions only • 20 GB storage, 30 concurrent sessions • Backup, Data Guard, GoldenGate, etc. unsupported • Inactive instances stopped/reclaimed (after 7/90 days) https://www.oracle.com/autonomous-database/free-trial
29. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Autonomous Database on OCI Always Free Tier Container Image https://container-registry.oracle.com/ords/ocr/ba/database/adb-free Workloads (similar to OCI serverless): • Transaction Processing (ATP) • Data Warehouse (ADW) Includes: Requirements: • ORDS, APEX • Min 4 CPU • Database Actions • Min 8 GB RAM • Mongo API • Max 20 GB/DB • Oracle Estate Explorer (OEE) Oracle Autonomous Database Container Image
31. https://github.com/oracle/adb-free/pkgs/container/adb-free
32. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Live SQL 26ai Free Edition Virtual Box Intel/ARM Windows Container Images Autonomous Database on OCI Always Free Tier Container Image for Developers Run Autonomous DB on Exadata (Dedicated, C@C) • Unlimited databases • Functional scaling • No extra charge! • ATP & ADW workloads Limits: • Single VM Cluster • Max 1 core/PDB • Max 30 concurrent sessions • Max 20 GB/PDB • No Sev 1 support • No one-off patching • No in-memory, Data Guard, Autoscaling, backup Oracle Autonomous Database for Developers https://blogs.oracle.com/database/introducing-autonomous-database-for-developers
33. Part III 26ai: Why.
34. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Why 26ai Oracle 26ai is a converged database with native support for relational, JSON, XML, spatial, graph, key-value, and unstructured data. Supports all modern data types, workloads, and development styles Makes it easier to develop and run modern operational & analytic applications The best database for running any application, at any scale or criticality
35. www.viscosityna.com @ViscosityNA Why 26ai Oracle 26ai is an AI-native database that delivers AI directly to data.
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39. AI Embedded in the Database
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