Basically, you can still use it, but you won’t receive any Oracle support if you incur any new problems, and critically, your system would be vulnerable from a security point of view.Ģ.
What does this mean for you? If you are running this version of Oracle database, the support end-of-life means no further critical patch updates, hotfixes or security fixes. Do nothing – you can literally ignore the end of support Oracle 11g and still be able to use your Oracle database. The same is about to happen with Oracle, as it will stop Oracle 11g extended support on December 31st, 2020.ġ. As new versions are released, support for the oldest versions gets retired, like in July 2019 when Microsoft stopped providing support for SQL Server 20 R2. In order to ensure that they keep being relevant for their customers and staying on top of the game, both systems constantly release new versions with new features and new tools that increase security, capabilities and performance.
According to DB Engines, Oracle and SQL are the most popular database management systems because of their reliability and the effective way they manage information and applications of their users. There is no doubt that in today’s world, businesses cannot function without data and that managing and protecting that data is critical. However, if you are still enjoying the relative comfort of extended support on Oracle 11g, now might be the time for a change, as the extended support ends along with 2020. Most of us are looking forward to seeing the end of 2020, for a multitude of reasons.