Oracle Partitioning Licensing Costs – Guide for 2024

Oracle Partitioning Licensing

• Definition: Oracle Partitioning divides large tables into smaller, manageable partitions.
• License Metrics: Per Processor or Named User Plus.
• Per Processor Cost: $11,500 per processor.
• Minimum Users: 25 users per processor.
• Named User Plus Cost: $230 per user.
• Tied to: Oracle Database Enterprise Edition license.

Oracle Partitioning Licensing Costs

Understanding Oracle Partitioning and its licensing is crucial for managing your database effectively and optimizing costs. This article will provide a comprehensive overview of Oracle Partitioning, its types, use cases, and associated licensing costs.

What is Oracle Partitioning?

Oracle Partitioning is a method to divide large tables into smaller, more manageable pieces called partitions. This technique enhances database performance, manageability, and availability.

Types of Oracle Partitioning

1. Range Partitioning
   • Description: Divides a table into partitions based on a range of values.
   • Example: A table of customer orders can be partitioned by order date, with partitions for each year.
2. Hash Partitioning
   • Description: It uses a hash function to distribute table data evenly across partitions.
   • Example: A table of transactions can be partitioned by applying a hash function to transaction IDs.
3. List Partitioning
   • Description: Divides a table into partitions based on explicit lists of values.
   • Example: A table of employees can be partitioned by department, with partitions for sales, marketing, etc.
4. Composite Partitioning
   • Description: Combines two or more partitioning methods.
   • Example: A table can use range-hash partitioning, where each range partition is further divided into hash partitions.

Use Cases for Oracle Partitioning

Oracle Partitioning is beneficial in several scenarios:

1. Data Warehousing
   • Benefit: Enhances query performance by focusing on smaller data subsets.
2. Online Transactional Processing (OLTP)
   • Benefit: Target smaller data subsets to improve the performance of inserts, updates, and deletes.
3. Data Archiving
   • Benefit: Manages data efficiently by moving less frequently accessed data to separate partitions.
4. High Availability
   • Benefit: Maintains database availability by allowing operations on different partitions simultaneously.

Oracle Partitioning Licensing

Oracle Partitioning is licensed in two ways: per processor and named user plus. These licenses are tied to the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition license, meaning the quantities and license metrics must match.

Licensing Costs

1. Per Processor Licensing
   • Cost: $11,500 per processor
   • Requirement: Minimum of 25 users per processor
2. Per Named User Plus Licensing
   • Cost: $230 per user

Example Cost Calculation

For a company needing eight processor licenses and 300 named users plus licenses for Oracle Partitioning:

• Processor Licenses: 8 processors×$11,500/processor=$92,0008 processors×$11,500/processor=$92,000
• Named User Plus Licenses: 300 users×$230/user=$69,000300 users×$230/user=$69,000
• Total Cost: $92,000+$69,000=$161,000$92,000+$69,000=$161,000

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Conclusion

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