Overview of Oracle database Architecture.
What is an Oracle Server? What does an oracle server consists?
An Oracle server is a database management system(DBMS) software that provides an open, comprehensive and integrated approach to information management and has many features and options for managing and securing information.
An Oracle Server consists of oracle instance and oracle database.
The diagram below describes high level architecture of oracle database.
As you can see from the above diagram, Oracle server consists of oracle database and instance. And oracle database has physical and logical components. And oracle instance has also memory and background processes.