The new Oracle Edition - "Standard Edition 2" has been released!

The new Oracle Edition, Standard Edition 2 has been released (on September 1st) and is available for download as version 12.1.0.2 at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

So far 12.1.0.2 was available only for the Enterprise Edition so with this new edition, customers who are using 12.1.0.1 with the Standard Edition, can finally upgrade to 12.1.0.2

This new edition will replace the Standard Edition and Standard Edition one, therefore 12.1.0.1 is the last version that offers the Standard Edition and Standard Edition One. Standard Edition 2 will cost exactly the same as Standard Edition (as per Oracle global price list, it costs 17,500$ per processor), therefore customers who are using Standard Edition One (as per Oracle global price list, it costs 5,800$ per processor) and would like to upgrade to Standard Edition 2, will need to pay an extra charge in order to benefit the advantages of Standard Edition 2 (such as using Real Application Clusters). For customers who are using 12.1.0.1 Standard Edition or Standard Edition One, the permier support is available until september 1st, 2016

Notes:

1. Standard Edition 2 is limited to 2 CPU sockets per system (Standard Edition was limited to 4)
2. RAC with Standard Edition 2 is limited to 2 nodes (1 CPU socket per node)
3. Standard Edition 2 is limited to 16 CPU threads per system (Standard Edition was unlimited)
4. RAC with Standard Edition 2 is limited to 8 CPU threads per node

Useful Links:

• Oracle Database Editions Page
• Oracle Standard Edition 2 Page
• Oracle Database Licensing Guidelines
• Oracle Global Price List