Oracle Database 11g Available On Linux

Oracle has announced that Oracle Database 11g is generally available on the Linux platform. In addition, Oracle also introduced new capabilities for its 11g Enterprise Edition.

“Oracle Database 11g continues the focus on grid computing by enabling grids of low-cost servers and storage to deliver fast, scalable and reliable data processing, supporting the toughest data warehousing, transaction processing, and content management, environments,” said Andy Mendelsohn, senior vice president of Database Server Technologies, Oracle.

Oracle has introduced four new options for Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition: Oracle Real Application Testing; Oracle Advanced Compression; Oracle Total Recall; and, Oracle Active Data Guard.

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Oracle Real Application Testing claims to help customers reduce the time, risk and cost of testing changes in their IT environment, in a controlled, cost-effective manner.

Oracle Advanced Compression can be used to deploy Information Lifecycle Management strategies in the database without application changes, further reducing overall storage requirements.

Oracle Total Recall enables administrators to maintain historical archives of changed data for compliance and business intelligence.

Oracle Active Data Guard can be used to enhance the performance of production databases by offloading resource intensive operations such as queries and backups to a single physical standby database.