Installation Considerations

Learn about the information that you must consider before deciding how to install this product.

• Oracle Base Directory
  If you install Oracle Database 18c on a computer with no other Oracle software installed, Oracle Universal Installer creates an Oracle base directory for you.
• Oracle Home Directory
  Learn about the Oracle Home directory.
• Oracle Inventory Directory
  The Oracle Inventory directory is the central inventory location for all Oracle software installed on a server.
• Installing Oracle Database Vault in an Oracle Data Guard Environment
  Starting with Oracle Database 12c, Oracle Database Vault is installed by default as part of the Oracle Database installation.
• Oracle Database Vault Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters
  Oracle Database Vault installs a baseline database auditing policy.
• Consider Memory Allocation and Automatic Memory Management
  During a Typical installation, you create your database with Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA), and automatic memory management is enabled. If you choose advanced installation, then you can either specify memory allocation manually, or enable automatic memory management.