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Multitenant Architecture Diagram
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CDB Resource
Plan
PDB _1 PDB_n CDB Instance
PDB_n
CDB
Views
CDB_SERVICES
DBA_OBJECTS
. . . . . AWR DBMS_*
Dictionary Object Definition
(Metadata)
Dictionary
Object Data
OBJ$
Application
Tempfiles
SYSTEM SYSAUX
PDB Datafiles
PDB Resource
Plan
PDB Resource
Plan
. .
OBJ$
PDB_1
( CDB$ROOT )
Root Database
Multitenant Container Database (CDB)
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Background
processes
Alert log SPFILE Wallet
Foreground processes
Common User
Common Role
Common Privilege
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Object-links
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Fast Inter-Pluggable Database (PDB) Database Link
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SGA
PDBid2 PDBid1
PDBid2 PDBid1
PDBid1
PDBid1 PDBid2
PDBid2
PDBid2
PDBid2 PDBid1
PDBid1
PDBid1
Local Privilege
C##...
SYS...
DBA, CDB_DBA...
C##...
Application
Tempfiles
SYSTEM SYSAUX
Common
User
Local
User
Common
Role
Local
Role
Local Privilege
Common
User
Local
User
Common
Role
Local
Role
Local Privilege
OBJ$
PDB Datafiles
SYSTEM SYSAUX
Tempfile
Common
User
. .
OBJ$
PDB$SEED
Control
files
Redo log
files
Datafiles
SYSTEM
SYSAUX Undo Tempfiles Application
Flashback
logs
Archived
redo log files
Root Files
Change
Tracking
file