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Oracle SE2 Concerns

Sheshagiri Anegondi
Sheshagiri AnegondiManaging Partner, Rythium · Oracle, 1998 to 2015, Vice President Sales
21 September 2022
1 minute read

Oracle, in its latest version of their flagship database product, has come up with only two editions:

  • Oracle Database Enterprise Edition; and
  • Oracle Standard Edition 2 (Oracle SE2).

So what ?

Well, the catch is in the licensing and migration:

  • Oracle SE2 will be the replacement for Oracle Standard Edition and also for Oracle Standard Edition One.
  • Oracle SE2 can be licensed for servers with a max of 2 sockets.

From a recent experience, a customer used the knowledge and the impact assessment to their benefit in more ways than they could imagine saving a lot of money and mitigating future risks.

Be careful while migrating.

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About the author

Sheshagiri Anegondi

Managing Partner of Rythium Technologies. Seventeen years at Oracle, from 1998 to 2015, in leadership roles including Vice President Sales, after Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Author of “Licensing Oracle: The Reference Manual for Managing Oracle License Compliance & Procuring Oracle Software, Hardware, Cloud & Services” (Notion Press, 2021) (ISBN 10: 1639046887).

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