When downloading Release Update 23.26.3., I could see this: As you can see in the Product info it also has “Oracle Server – Standard Edition”. However, I haven’t found anything official yet. I tried it and could install 23.26.3. as a Standard Edition ORACLE_HOME: After running the root-scripts I created a Database and verified that it is really a Standard…
by Alexandre Nestor Introduction The Oracle database Standard Edition do not have the Transparent Tablespace Encryption (TDE) feature which is a part of ASO (Advanced Security), and ASO is availabale only on Entreprise Edition version. But encryption can still be used, with a little developpement effort.$ The test platform I have an Oracle 19c SE2 version with one pdb (PDB11).…
I recently deployed a new installation at one customer with 2 linux servers and 2 Oracle SE2 databases with dbvisit StandbyMP v11 disaster recovery solution. I prepared the standby database using RMAN duplication method, and then just wanted to create the dbvisit DDC configuration using CLI command. I had to troubleshoot one error, and wanted to share quickly the solution…
Introduction There is no need to decrease the number of cores on your ODA when using Standard Edition 2, because your license is based on the number of physical CPU. So why would you do that? Obviously, the more cores you have, the more performance you should get. But that simply isn’t always true. Base CPU speed and Turbo Boost…
By Franck Pachot . Note that I’ve written previously about Oracle Standard Edition 2 licensing before but a few rules change. This is written in May 2020. TL;DR: 4 vCPU count for 1 socket and 2 sockets count for 1 server wherever hyper-threading is enabled or not. The SE2 rules I think the Standard Edition rules are quite clear now:…
By Franck Pachot . Now that 12.2 is there, in the Oracle Public Cloud Service, I can share the slides of the presentation I made for Oracle Open World: 12cR2 Single-Tenant: Multitenant Features for All Editions from Franck Pachot I’ll give the same session in French, In Geneva on November 23rd at Oracle Switzerland. Ask me if you want an…
By Franck Pachot . Here is, in my opinion, the most beautiful feature of the multitenant architecture. You know how I love Transportable Tablespaces. But here: No need to put the source in read/only No need to export/import the metadata logically No need for any option: available even in Standard Edition Standard Edition I am in Standard Edition here in…
By Franck Pachot . From 12.1.0.2 the Standard Edition – now called Standard Edition 2 – has a few limitations that were not there in SE and SE1. One of them is the limitation to 16 threads. Let’s see how it behaves when running 32 sessions working in CPU. Installing 12.1 SE2 on a 32 CPU host. What to provision…
By Franck Pachot . A previous blog post explaining what happens for those in ‘Standard Edition One’ had a “don’t worry” in the title because you can upgrade to SE2 with minimal additional cost – except when you have to buy new NUPs – and get only small additional limitation. I didn’t made such a post for people in Standard…
By Franck Pachot . You want the amazing features of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL with minimal cost. Your database is too large for Oracle XE edition, but not big enough to require the cost of Enterprise Edition. You accept to do things manually, have maintenance windows. You are ok with a RTO of 5 minutes (time to switchover with Dbvisit…
By Franck Pachot . Look at the Oracle Download page: Standard Edition is there in 12.1.0.2 – more than one year after the release of the patchset for Enterprise Edition. It’s a new name – SE2 in short – and new rules. Let’s have a look at it. We waited for it after those rumors from July, and as expected…
