Oracle Database 11g Product Family

Feature and Option Availability Matrix

The following table outlines the database features and options associated with each edition of
Oracle Database 11g.
FEATURE/OPTION

SE1

SE

EE

Oracle Data Guard Redo Apply

Oracle Data Guard SQL Apply

Oracle Data GuardSnapshot Standby

Oracle Active Data Guard

Oracle Data Guard Network Compression

NOTES

HIGH AVAILABILITY

Enterprise Option
(Active Data Guard)
Enterprise Option
(Advanced
Compression Option)

Basic Standby Database (Manually managed)

Rolling Upgrades Patch Set, Database and O/S

Fast-Start Fault Recovery

Online index rebuild

Online index-organized table reorganization

via ALTER TABLE

MOVE ONLINE

Online table redefinition

via
DBMS_REDEFINITI
ON

Online system changes CPU, disk, memory

Flashback Query

Flashback Table

Flashback Database

Flashback Transaction

Flashback Transaction Query

Flashback Data Archive (Oracle Total Recall)

Enterprise Option
(Advanced
Compression Option)

Block Level Media Recovery

Online Backup and Recovery

Incremental Backup and Recovery

EE only: fast
incremental backups
available via
change tracking

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Unused Block Compression in Backups

Parallel Backup and Recovery

Default RMAN Compression (BZIP2)

Fast RMAN Compression (ZLIB)

Enterprise Option
(Advanced
Compression Option)

Point-in-time Tablespace Recovery

Trial Recovery

Oracle Fail Safe

Data Recovery Advisor

Transaction Application Failover

Windows only

PERFORMANCE & SCALABILITY

Oracle Real Application Clusters

Enterprise Option,
and included with SE

Oracle Clusterware

Automatic Workload Management

Support for Oracle Exadata Storage Server

In-Memory Database Cache

Enterprise Option

Oracle Advanced Security

Enterprise Option

Oracle Label Security

Enterprise Option

Data Masking Pack

Enterprise Option

Encryption Toolkit

Fine Grained Auditing

Secure Application Role

Java Support

Database Web Services

SQLJ

JDBC Drivers

XML Support in Database

Requires RAC

SECURITY

DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM

Includes Binary XML,

XML ObjectRelational, XML
Index, XML
Repository

XQuery

Objects and Extensibility

Regular Expressions

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PL/SQL Stored Procedures and Triggers

PL/SQL Server Pages

Java Server Pages

Java Native Compilation

PL/SQL Native Compilation

PL/SQL Function Result Cache

Client Side Query Cache

Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio Net

Windows Only

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Support

Windows Only

Active Directory Integration

Windows Only

Native .NET Data Provider ODP.NET

Windows Only

.NET Stored Procedures

Windows Only

Globalization Support

Application Express

SQL*Plus

SQL Developer

Oracle Change Management Pack

Enterprise Option

Oracle Configuration Management Pack

Enterprise Option

Oracle Diagnostic Pack

Enterprise Option

Oracle Tuning Pack

Enterprise Option

Oracle Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack

Enterprise Option

Fast, Lightweight Server Install

Easy Client Install

Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control

Automatic Memory management

Automatic Storage management

Automatic Undo management

Automatic Statistics management

Server Managed Backup and Recover (RMAN)

Automatic Backup/Recovery to Flash Recovery Area

Duplexed Backup Sets

Server-Generated Alerts

End-to-End Application Testing

Database Resource Manager

SQL Plan Management

Resumable Space Allocation

MANAGEABILITY

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VLDB, DATA WAREHOUSING, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Oracle Partitioning

Enterprise option

Oracle OLAP

Enterprise option

Oracle Advanced Analytics

Enterprise option

Direct Load Data Compression

OLTP Compression

Enterprise Option
(Advanced
Compression Option)

SQL Analytics Functions

Bitmapped index and Bitmapped Join Index

Function-Based Index

Parallel Query/DML

Parallel Statistics Gathering

Parallel Index Build/Scans

Parallel Data Pump Export/Import

Data Pump Compression

SE Non-Parallel Data
Pump only
Enterprise Option
(Advanced
Compression Option)

Export Transportable Tablespace, including Cross-Platform

Import Transportable Tablespace

Star Query Transformation

SE B-Tree Indexes
Only

Sample Scan

Summary Management Materialized View Creation and Refresh

Summary Management Materialized View Query Rewrite

Direct Path Load API

External Tables

SQL Model

Synchronous Change Data Capture

Asynchronous Change Data Capture

Query Rewrite Cache

INTEGRATON

Oracle Streams

SE1/SE no
Asynchronous
Capture from Log
File (Online Redo or
Archive)

Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing

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Messaging Gateway

Basic Replication

Read only and

updateable
materialized views.
Also single master for
updateable MVs and
multi-tier MVs.

Advanced replication

Multi-Master
Replication

Distributed Queries/Transactions

Job Scheduler

External Procedures

Generic Connectivity

Transparent Gateways

Licensed separately
for SE/EE

NETWORKING

Connection Pooling

Oracle Connection manager

Infiniband Support

Oracle Spatial

Enterprise Option

Semantic Technologies (RDF/OWL)

Requires Spatial,

CONTENT

Advanced
Compression and
Partitioning Options
Oracle Locator

Oracle Workspace manager

Medial Images (DICOM)

Multimedia

Oracle Text

SecureFiles

Compression,
deduplication are part
of an Enterprise
Option (Advanced
Compression
Option). Encryption is
part of an Enterprise
Option (Advanced
Security Option)

ADDITIONAL DATABASE FEATURES

Database Event Triggers

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Drop Column

Rename Column, Constraint

Virtual Column

Use of virtual
columns as primary
keys or foreign keys
require EE and
Oracle Partitioning
Option

Invisible Indexes

Index-Organized Tables

Instead-of Triggers

LOB (Large Object) Support

LogMiner

Multiple Block Size Support

Temporary Table

Oracle reserves the right to make changes to the contents of this paper at a later date.

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