Extra-cost Oracle Options

Oracle offers many extra-cost database features that you can buy independently from the edition. These include:

• Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) - RAC is the Oracle flagship software for scalability and high availability. An integral part of Oracle10g Grid computing, Oracle RAC is an extra-cost option for systems that require continuous availability and super-high scalability.
• Oracle OLAP - Oracle is a leader in data warehouse technology and has Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) tools for advanced decision support and multi-terabyte data warehouses.
• Oracle Data Mining - Advanced data warehouse systems require tools to locate hidden trends and correlations. Oracle offers a tool with advanced artificial intelligence for finding hidden data correlations in super-large databases.
• Oracle Database Diagnostic Pack - This covers access to the Oracle10g AWR and ADDM components:
  • AWR - Automatic Workload Repository
    • dbms_workload_repository package
    • awrrpt.sql and awrrpti.sql reports
    • dba_hist_* and v$active_session_history views
  • ADDM - Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor
    • All dbms_advisor package with "ADDM" as the value to the "advisor_name" parameter.
    • The addmrpt.sql, addmrpti.sql reports
    • Views starting with dba_advisor_* of all tasks generated by ADDM (i.e. tasks with "ADDM" as the "advisor_name" column in dba_advisor_tasks view)
• Oracle Streams - Oracle offers many different methods for database failover including standby database, Oracle DataGuard, Oracle RAC and Oracle Streams. Oracle Streams provides high-speed system replication and failover software for mission-critical systems.
• Oracle advanced Security - Oracle advanced Security provides sophisticated security control for confidential and secure data systems.
• Oracle Tuning Pack - Oracle provides a full-suite of online tools for tuning the Oracle database. Integrated with the Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle tuning pack competes with many 3rd-party vendor tuning products.
• Oracle Change Management Pack - The change management pack provides complete version control and database change auditing.