Oracle 11g Database Express Edition released

After the beta phase Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 was released:

Free to develop, deploy, and distribute

Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 (Oracle Database XE) is an entry-level, small-footprint database based on the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 code base.  It's free to develop, deploy, and distribute; fast to download; and simple to administer.

The installation is only for the following operating systems supported:

• Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

(only RPM-based 64 bit distributions).

Here some important license statements:

• If Oracle Database XE is installed on a computer with more than one CPU
  (including dual-core CPUs), then it will consume, at most, processing
  resources equivalent to one CPU.
• Only one installation of Oracle Database XE can be performed on a single computer.
• The maximum amount of user data in an Oracle Database XE database cannot exceed 11 gigabytes.
• The maximum amount of RAM that an Oracle Database XE database uses cannot exceed 1 gigabyte, even if more is available.

If you are interested in features which are not included with Oracle Database XE take a look here:

• ...
• Flashback Database
• ...
• Oracle Active Data Guard
• Oracle Total Recall
• ...
• Oracle Real Application Clusters
• In-Memory Database Cache
• Oracle Diagnostic Pack
• Oracle Partitioning
• ...
• Advanced Replication
• ...