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Enterprise Edition
Full featured edition of Oracle database
Contains features not provided in Standard Edition:
- Multiple archive destinations, Transportable Tablespaces, etc
Additional options can be purchased:
- Real Application Clusters (formerly Oracle Parallel Server)
- Partitioning
- OLAP
- Spatial
- Advanced Security
- Label Security
Notes:
There are several different editions of the Oracle database. The are all compatible in the sense that they all support the same SQL, PL/SQL, Java and XML, but they support different scalability features and options.
The Enterprise Edition is the grand-daddy. It supports all scalability, security and performance options such as Parallel Server, Partitioning and the Advanced Security Option (for network encryption and authentication). These options will be discussed in greater detail later in this unit.
Real Application Clusters - This allows multiple instances (server processes and associated memory; see definition in next chapter) to access a single set of database files. This is useful for load balancing and failover.
Partitioning - Tables and indexes can be partitioned, meaning that a single logical table consists of more than one physical underlying object. Useful for large objects that require too much resource to query, manipulate and/or manage. Divide and conquer! This feature was introduced in Oracle 8.0.
Source: www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/8i/index.html