recommended approach for embedding Oracle12c database

We are planning to embed Oracle12c as the default data source

for our application. That means, Oracle12c and our application

are going to reside on the same server.

Our application runs on 64-bit Windows and Linux platforms. So

far, from an installation perspective, we have two choices:

choice-1: We perform a silent installation of Oracle12c database

during our product installation followed by user account creation,

table creation for our application.

choice-2: We install Oracle12c server software alone in our in-house

64-bit windows, linux servers. Then we zip up our ORACLE_HOME and

perform a clone of the oracle database in production followed by a