Recently, I came across difference between Oracle Editions in a particular version.
The differences are enormous.
Also, there's a new edition apart from standard and Enterprises Editions. It is Standard Edition One (SE1).
Following table lists the Differences: (Referred with Oracle docs)
The differences are enormous.
Also, there's a new edition apart from standard and Enterprises Editions. It is Standard Edition One (SE1).
Following table lists the Differences: (Referred with Oracle docs)
| Feature/Option | SE1 | SE | EE | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
High Availability | ||||
Oracle Fail Safe | Y | Y | Y | Windows only |
Oracle Data Guard—Redo Apply | N | N | Y | |
Oracle Data Guard—SQL Apply | N | N | Y | |
Rolling Upgrades—Patch Set, Database, and Operating System | N | N | Y | |
Online index rebuild | N | N | Y | |
Online index-organized table organization | N | N | Y | ALTER TABLE ... MOVE ONLINE operations |
Online table redefinition | N | N | Y | Using the DBMS_REDEFINITION package |
Duplexed backup sets | N | N | Y | |
Block change tracking for fast incremental backup | N | N | Y | |
Unused block compression in backups | N | N | Y | |
Block-level media recovery | N | N | Y | |
Parallel backup and recovery | N | N | Y | |
Tablespace point-in-time recovery | N | N | Y | |
Trial recovery | N | N | Y | |
Fast-start fault recovery | N | N | Y | |
Flashback Table | N | N | Y | |
Flashback Database | N | N | Y | |
Flashback Transaction Query | N | N | Y | |
Scalability | ||||
Oracle Real Application Clusters | N | Y | Y | Extra cost with EE, included with SE |
Automatic Workload Management | N | Y | Y | Requires RAC |
Performance | ||||
In-Memory Database Cache | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Security | ||||
Advanced Security Option | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Oracle Label Security | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Virtual Private Database | N | N | Y | |
Fine-grained auditing | N | N | Y | |
Development Platform | ||||
SQLJ | Y | Y | Y | Requires Oracle Programmer |
Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio .NET | Y | Y | Y | Windows only |
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator support | Y | Y | Y | Windows only |
Active Directory integration | Y | Y | Y | Windows only |
Native .NET Data Provider—ODP.NET | Y | Y | Y | Windows only |
.NET Stored Procedures | Y | Y | Y | Windows only |
Manageability | ||||
Oracle Change Management Pack | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Oracle Configuration Management Pack | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Oracle Diagnostic Pack | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Oracle Tuning Pack | N | N | Y | Extra cost option, also requires the Diagnostic Pack |
Oracle Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Database Resource Manager | N | N | Y | |
VLDB, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence | ||||
Oracle Partitioning | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Oracle OLAP | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Oracle Data Mining | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
Data Compression | N | N | Y | |
Bitmapped index, bitmapped join index, and bitmap plan conversions | N | N | Y | |
Parallel query/DML | N | N | Y | |
Parallel statistics gathering | N | N | Y | |
Parallel index build/scans | N | N | Y | |
Parallel Data Pump Export/Import | N | N | Y | |
Transportable tablespaces, including cross-platform | N | N | Y | Import of transportable tablespaces supported into SE, SE1, and EE |
Summary management—Materialized View Query Rewrite | N | N | Y | |
Asynchronous Change Data Capture | N | N | Y | |
Integration | ||||
Basic Replication | Y | Y | Y | SE1/SE: read-only, updateable materialized view |
Advanced Replication | N | N | Y | Multi-master replication |
Oracle Streams | N | N | Y | SE1/SE: apply only |
Messaging Gateway | N | N | Y | |
Transparent Gateways | Y | Y | Y | Extra cost option |
Networking | ||||
Oracle Connection Manager | N | N | Y | |
Infiniband Support | N | N | Y | |
Content Management | ||||
Oracle Spatial | N | N | Y | Extra cost option |
The Only (of-course two) differences between SE and SE1 are support for RAC and AWR feature.
Your updates are welcome.
Sundar K
