As the name implies, pluggable databases could be easily decoupled from the container database. A user database can be cleanly moved from one copy of Oracle 12c to another copy of Oracle 12c.

A pluggable database must be a current Oracle Database 12c database, configured for multitenant through a new enterprise edition option called Oracle Multitenant. It delivers a new architecture that ...

From Oracle Database 20c onward, non-CDB (container database) architecture will no longer be supported. However, with the recent multitenant licensing change permitting up to three pluggable databases ...

With its multitenant architecture and pluggable databases, Oracle Database 12c makes it ... of a comprehensive cloud strategy. A single “container” database in 12c can handle up to 252 ...

For the better part of a year, Oracle has touted the “pluggable database” feature in its upcoming 12c database release as a significant architectural shift that will usher in major performance ...