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Step 5: Selecting appropriate Oracle Database Edition &
Licensing Option
Oracle database software is available in following different
editions. The basic concept of having so many editions is why to
hit a house-fly with Cannon e.g. Enterprise edition is full blown
Oracle Database for large enterprises and Oracle Database Lite is
database to run on mobile devices.
Enterprise Edition
This edition typically runs on servers with 4 or more processors
and it has no limit on memory (RAM). Clustering feature is
available in this edition using Oracle RAC (Real Application
Cluster) software. Moreover, it has more features than Standard
Edition. Oracle Corporation licenses this product on the basis of
users or of processors.
Standard Edition
This edition is for servers having one to four processors and it
has no limit on memory (RAM). It also ships with Oracle RAC
for clustering purpose. Oracle Corporation licenses this product
on the basis of users or of processors.
Standard Edition One
This edition is having fewer features than Standard Edition and it
is optimized for servers having one or two processors. Moreover
it has no memory limitation.
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