Oracle Database

Oracle Database Versions & Editions

Oracle database versions and editions define the usage of features, options, and management packs.

On Premise and BYOL Cloud license compliance is version & edition dependent.

Oracle Database History

Sometimes, in managing licensing, knowledge of history of the deployed products is very useful and assumes critical importance. In the case of Oracle this is true of its flagship database products, their middleware suite, the applications suites & quite a few of the products acquired since 2004.

Oracle Database History

The Oracle database is a product that has been developed for the past 40 years with the first commercially available RDBMS released in 1979. Within four years, Oracle released a truly portable RDBMS that could run on mainframes, minicomputers & PCs. This database was written in C allowing porting and support on multiple operating systems & hardware platforms. While Oracle 6 introduced PL/SQL, it was Oracle 7 that made Oracle the ‘king of the database market’. Oracle 7 brought in stored procedures and triggers. Also the scalability and robustness of Oracle 7 made it most useful to be run on lower-cost computers. This ensured data integrity and better return on investments.

Oracle 8i changed the world with its becoming, along with a few other companies, the face of the internet. Oracle 8i provided native internet protocol support and server-side Java.

Since then there have been many more innovations that have helped Oracle remain the largest vendor in the database market. Some of these changes have been enumerated in the tables below.

It is important to note that most of the innovations have repercussions for Oracle database licensing and the cost of ownership.

Importance of Oracle Database Versions and Editions in Licensing

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Oracle Database Editions

Some of the Oracle database editions available over the years. We have mentioned only those versions that are currently important for managing Oracle license compliance.

Oracle Database Lite Oracle Database  Express Edition Oracle Database Personal Edition Oracle Database Standard Edition Oracle Database Standard Edition One Oracle Database Std Edition 2 Oracle Database Enterprise Edition
Starting Version Oracle 8i Oracle 10g Oracle 7 Oracle 8i Oracle 10g Oracle 12c Oracle 8
Current Availability Free Yes No No Yes Yes
Platforms Windows Windows Windows Windows, Unix, Linux Windows, Unix, Linux Windows, Unix, Linux Windows, Unix, Linux
Licensing Metrics Schedule P Device Device Named User Plus, Processor Named User Plus, Processor Named User Plus, Processor Named User Plus, Processor
Database Options No No Yes(included in license, except RAC) Only RAC (included after 10g) No Only RAC Yes (at extra cost)
Database Management Packs No No No No No No Yes (at extra cost)
What is the product used for Schedule P The schedules are described below, they are co-terminus with the OMA Oracle – Customer OMA Schedules Schedule P The schedules are described below, they are co-terminus with the OMA Oracle – Customer

Oracle Database Versions

The different Oracle versions available over the years:

Oracle 7 Oracle 8 Oracle 8i Oracle 9i Oracle 10g Oracle 11g Oracle 12c Oracle 18c Oracle 19c
GA Year 1992 1997 1998 2000 2003 2007 2013 2018 2019
Banner Versions 7.1.x
7.3.x
8.0.x 8.1.x 9.0.1.x
9.2.0.x
10.1.0.x
10.2.0.x
11.1.0.x
11.2.0.x
12.1.0.x
12.2.0.1
12.2.0.2 12.2.0.3
Key Features in Oracle Marketing Material Universal Server Oracle on Linux Java in the database Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Grid Database Columnar Compression Database for the cloud Autonomous Database Cool stuff for DBAs

Terminal 12c release

New Features Added Compared to earlier version Schedules Distributed 2-phase commit,
PL/SQL stored procedures,
Triggers,
Shared Cursors,
Cost-Based Optimizer
Parallel SQL Execution
Transparent Application Failover
Object-relational database
Recovery Manager, Partitioning.
First version available for Linux.
Java and Native internet protocols, Virtual Private Database Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle XML DB
Advanced Queuing,
Data Mining, Streams,
Logical Standby
Automated Database Management, Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor, Grid infrastructure, Oracle ASM,
Flashback Database
Real Application Testing,
Database Vault,
Online Indexing, Advanced Compression,
Data Guard Fast-Start Failover,
Transparent Data Encryption
Active Data Guard, Secure Files,
Edition Based Redefinition,
Data Redaction, Hybrid Columnar Compression,
Cluster File System, Golden Gate Replication
Multitenant architecture,
In-Memory Column Store,
Native JSON,
SQL Pattern Matching,
Native Sharding,
Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
Polymorphic Table Functions,
Active Directory Integration
Active Data Guard DML Redirection, Automatic Index Creation,
Real-Time Statistics Maintenance,
SQL Queries on Object Stores,
In-Memory for IoT Data Streams
Brief Licensing Changes Generally only one edition sold though some customers have noted presence of EE in the banner Enterprise Edition introduced
Partitioning & Management Pack Options introduced
Concurrent licensing was stopped for this & earlier versions around this time Processor
&
Named User Plus
metrics only
Increased Number of Options Increased Number of Options Increased Number of Options Spatial & Graph option included in the database Number of free PDBs increased to 3

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