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Oracle Database 10g Release 2, the release currently shipped with SAP applications, has been designed to reduce the cost of manageability, to deliver increased performance for all types of workloads and to provide major new high-availability features. Major features of this release include Instant Client, Automatic Optimizer Statistics Collection, End-to-End Application Tracing, Online LONG to LOB Migration, Improved Scalability for Partitioned Objects.
SAP AG has participated in Oracle Database Beta Programs for many years. The joint Oracle and SAP development teams in Walldorf, Germany, have completed extensive tests of Oracle Database 11g Release 1 Beta and will continue testing with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Beta.
The release strategy of SAP AG for Oracle Database versions is to certify only the terminal release of a new database version. This strategy is based on the overall requests of the SAP customer community to minimize the number of version upgrades in complex SAP environments. It has been proven a successful roll out process with previous terminal release certifications of Oracle Database Versions 8i, 9i and 10g.
Therefore, SAP AG will skip Oracle Database 11g Release 1 and certify Oracle Database 11g Release 2, at least 12 months before Oracle Database Release 10g goes into the extended support cycle. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 will contain various specific functionality designed and implemented for the needs of the SAP Application Product Suite.
Oracle Exadata V2 Storage Server deployment under SAP will be evaluated after the official shipment of Oracle 11g Release 2 by SAP.
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