前情提要：
Oracle OpenWorld 2013中Larry Ellison爆料的Oracle新特性:Oracle In Memory Database Option
1. 这个新特性将随着12.1.0.2发布；
2. In memory database option不会取代TimesTen（以下简称TT），因为这是两种层面的产品，TT还是会架在DB层之前，和应用紧密相连，为应用提供缓存，in memory database option在DB层，可以做到高可用如RAC，DG等一些TT无法实现的架构。另外同样道理，in memory database option也不会替代Exalytics；
3.In memory database option引入了列存储
4.Oracle In-Memory Columnar Compression，提供2倍到10倍的压缩率；
5.显著增快SQL的全表扫描处理速度， 全表扫描将增快10~100倍，基于CPU的最大数据处理速度，对于简单扫描可以每秒扫描10亿行数据； 对于简单的连接过滤谓词最终选出少量数据行的达到每秒1亿条每秒；
6.显著增快事务处理，DML操作-单行DML和批量DML都将运行地更快； 单行的处理收益主要来源于降低10倍的索引维护；
7.100%的应用程序透明。类似于OLTP压缩，主要的优势在于对于应用而言完全透明。所有的其他ORACLE特性均将可以与in-memory option一起工作，包括partitioning, indexes, text indexes，而没有明确的数据类型或者存储类型限制。
最近，Oracle12.1.0.2发布了，下载地址：
目前只有Linux和Solaris版本。
安装Linux虚拟机和Oracle12.0.1.2，参考以下链接（在此非常感谢潇湘隐者）：
http://www.cnblogs.com/kerrycode/archive/2013/09/13/3319958.html
环境Ready后，研究下Oracle 官方的技术说明：
大致整理了下：
1.Row Format vs. Column Format
Oracle Database In-Memory (Database In-Memory) provides the best of both worlds by allowing data
to be simultaneously populated in both an in-memory row format (the buffer cache) and a new inmemory
column format.
Note that the dual-format architecture does not double memory requirements. The in-memory
column format should be sized to accommodate the objects that must be stored in memory, but the
buffer cache has been optimized for decades to run effectively with a much smaller size than the size
of the database. In practice it is expected that the dual-format architecture will impose less than a 20%
overhead in terms of total memory requirements. This is a small price to pay for optimal performance
at all times for all workloads.
同时支持Row Format vs. Column Format，内存使用没有翻倍。
2.The In-Memory Column Store
Database In-Memory uses an In-Memory column store (IM column store), which is a new component
of the Oracle Database System Global Area (SGA), called the In-Memory Area. Data in the IM column
store does not reside in the traditional row format used by the Oracle Database; instead it uses a new
column format. The IM column store does not replace the buffer cache, but acts as a supplement, so
that data can now be stored in memory in both a row and a column format.
The In-Memory area is a static pool within the SGA, whose size is controlled by the initialization
parameter INMEMORY_SIZE (default 0). The current size of the In-Memory area is visible in V$SGA. As
a static pool, any changes to the INMEMORY_SIZE parameter will not take effect until the database
instance is restarted. It is also not impacted or controlled by Automatic Memory Management (AMM).
The In-Memory area must have a minimum size of 100MB.
The In-Memory area is sub-divided into two pools: a 1MB pool used to store the actual column
formatted data populated into memory, and a 64K pool used to store metadata about the objects that
are populated into the IM column store. The amount of available memory in each pool is visible in the
V$INMEMORY_AREA view. The relative size of the two pools is determined by internal heuristics, the
majority of the In-Memory area memory is allocated to the 1MB pool.
SGA区增加了一个新组件：In-Memory Area，静态池，大小通过参数InMemory_Size（默认0）控制，修改后必须重启数据库生效。
最小值100M，其内部包含两个池：
1MB pool ：存储内存中实际的列格式数据
64K pool：内存列存储涉及对象的元数据MetaData
3. Populating The In-Memory Column Store 添加到内存列存储
Database In-Memory adds a new INMEMORY attribute for tables and materialized views. Only objects with the
INMEMORY attribute are populated into the IM column store. The INMEMORY attribute can be
specified on a tablespace, table, (sub)partition, or materialized view.
增加INMEMORY选项，支持表空间、表、分区、物化视图
1.表空间级别设置INMEMORY，表空间下所有新的表、物化视图将被加载到内存列存储中。
If it is enabled at the tablespace
Oracle Database In-Memory option 5 level, then all new tables and materialized views in the tablespace will be enabled for the IM column
store by default.
ALTER TABLESPACE ts_data INMEMORY;
2. 表级别设置INMEMORY，支持排除指定的列、支持表的分区
ALTER TABLE sales INMEMORY；
ALTER TABLE sales INMEMORY NO INMEMORY(prod_id);
for a partitioned table, all of the table‘s partitions inherit the in-memory attribute but it’s
possible to populate just a subset of the partitions or sub-partitions.
ALTER TABLE sales MODIFY PARTITION SALES_Q1_1998 NO INMEMORY;
3.支持内存加载优先级配置
ALTER TABLE customers INMEMORY PRIORITY CRITICAL;
4.同时还有一些限制，不是所有的表都可以加载到内存列存储中
Sys用户、Systemn、SysAux表空间下的对象不能使用INMEMORY选项，
索引组织表、聚集表不能使用INMEMORY选项
不支持的数据类型：LONGS (deprecated since Oracle Database 8i)； Out of line LOBS
同时对象如果小于64K，考虑到内存空间消耗，将不会加载到内存列存储中。
5. In-Memory Compression 内存压缩
然后本文第二大部分：基于上述特性，进行了实际业务数据测试。
从上述测试的情况看，虽然是虚拟机环境，但是测试了多次。
从测试结果看，大批量Insert和Update的性能有所下降，大批量Delete性能有所提升，查询性能提升还是非常明显，如果内存足够，估计会再有提高。