Uninstalling EE Options and Disabling Packs However, the good news is that after installation you can go back and uninstall them, and I will show you how to do so in the steps below. Unfortunately, during installation of the Oracle database software, you cannot avoid installing these options. In addition, moving to Enterprise Edition licensing requires you to license by processor (core), not by socket, which is also substantially more expensive.
These options and packs are licensed per processor, like the Enterprise Edition database itself, and can add significant cost to the price of the license.
If you are audited by Oracle, and found to be using these Enterprise Edition options or packs within Standard Edition, you will be required to upgrade to Enterprise Edition, and purchase the options and/or packs in use. So, if you stumble into using these options or packs in Oracle Standard Edition, the history of their use will be available for Oracle to review during an audit. But, did you know that most of these options and packs are actually installed in Standard Edition? Beware Accidental EE Feature UsageĮver since Oracle version 10, there is a DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS view that keeps track of your use of options, packs, and features in the database. Options such as Advanced Compression, Partitioning, Database Vault, etc., can only be licensed for Enterprise Edition.
One of the main limitations you will note is that there are options and packs available for Enterprise Edition that cannot be licensed, or used, in Standard Edition. Oracle documentation provides a table that shows which features are available in each edition of the database. The main reason that Standard Edition costs less than Enterprise Edition is that it has a reduced feature set. However, that is not the case, as both editions have the same maximum size limits. One common misconception about Standard Edition is that there is some sort of database size limitation imposed, which is smaller than that of Enterprise Edition. For more details, see our blog on Standard Edition 2 which was written shortly after it was announced. Unless you have a database that consumes significant amounts of CPU however, this is usually not an issue. For the current version of Standard Edition 2, there is a limitation of 16 threads executing simultaneously, which is imposed by the software. Additionally, since Standard Edition is licensed by socket, there is no limit on the number of cores per processor on which it can be installed. Current list price is $17,500 per socket for SE2 versus $47,500 per processor for Enterprise Edition. Oracle database Standard Edition 2 (SE2), as well as past editions Standard Edition and Standard Edition 1, can be a great value and cost significantly less than Oracle Enterprise Edition (EE).
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