[Vms.sig-hu] Availability of Oracle Rdb Product Family Production Release 7.2 for OpenVMS ItaniumR-Based and AlphaServer Systems (fwd)

[Fodor Zsuzsa]

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Dátum: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:05:52 -0500
Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: Availability of Oracle Rdb Product Family Production Release 7.2 
for OpenVMS ItaniumR-Based and AlphaServer Systems

Just received this and wanted to get it out as soon as possible.

Warm Regards,
Sue


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12 January, 2006

Announcing the General Availability of 
Oracle Rdb Product Family Production Release 7.2 for OpenVMS
Itanium(r)-Based and AlphaServer Systems

Oracle is pleased to announce the production release of version 7.2 of
the Oracle Rdb product family.  All product family components are
available for download from MetaLink.  Now you can have the rock-solid
availability, performance, disaster tolerance, security, and scalability
for which Oracle Rdb is well known on your choice of Itanium-based or
AlphaServer hardware.  Nearly all Oracle Rdb-based applications 
running
on OpenVMS Alpha systems today need only to be recompiled, linked 
and
tested to run on Itanium-based servers. 

Oracle Rdb release 7.2 is supported on the full range of OpenVMS
certified Itanium-based server configurations from a single-processor
rx1620 to a 16-processor Superdome. You can deploy on standalone or
clustered Itanium-based servers or add Itanium-based database 
servers to
your existing OpenVMS cluster of AlphaServer systems. 

Oracle Rdb release 7.2 allows direct database access from multiple 
nodes
in mixed-architecture clusters.  Simultaneous access to the same
database from AlphaServer and Itanium-based server systems within a
cluster allows you to port your existing applications on your own
schedule rather than forcing an "all-or-nothing" migration.  These
options give you maximum protection for production environments and
permit you to migrate to lower cost commodity hardware when it makes
sense for your business.

As well as mixed-architecture cluster access, Oracle Rdb continues to
offer remote database access.  Existing applications connected via a
network can access Oracle Rdb release 7.2 databases located on either
AlphaServer or Itanium-based server systems.  For most applications,
this can be done with a simple logical name change and no application
rebuilds.  You can continue to run many applications unchanged while 
you
take advantage of performance improvements and reduced cost-of-
ownership
available with new Itanium-based servers.

In addition to OpenVMS Itanium support, Oracle Rdb release 7.2 
provides
a number of new features and performance enhancements, including:

*	Increased maximum number of database global buffers to 
reduce
the I/O requirement of your workload 
*	Increased maximum database page and buffer size limits to
retrieve and store more information with a single I/O 
*	Additional statistics screens and larger counter sizes to make
monitoring your database even easier
*	Streamlined internal instruction sequences for more efficient
CPU use
*	Improved caching of database AIP entry information for 
reduced
I/O
*	Index node pre-fetch performance optimizations to reduce I/O
stall time
*	Transaction rollback performance optimizations to reduce
rollback time
*	Encrypted database and after-image journal backups for
protection of confidential data
*	Query Optimizer enhancements for more efficient query 
execution
strategies

With this release, all the components and features of Oracle Rdb are
available for production use on both AlphaServer and Itanium-based
server platforms.  These components and features include:

*	SQL interactive and dynamic interfaces
*	SQL module language and precompilers
*	RDO, RDBPRE and RDML precompilers
*	Local and global buffering and row caches
*	Data protection and transaction integrity using before-image 
and
after-image journaling
*	Two-phase commit transactions supporting transactions that 
span
multiple databases
*	Remote database access via TCP/IP and DECnet
*	Data replication using Oracle Rdb Hot Standby, Oracle Rdb
LogMiner and Replication Option for Rdb
*	All Oracle RMU management tools for backing up, verifying,
restoring and monitoring your database
*	Oracle Trace for Rdb
*	SQL/Services including support for Oracle Call Interface (OCI),
and ODBC 
*	Oracle Rdb JDBC Drivers 

Also, Oracle Rdb releases for AlphaServer systems continue to be
available in two options: a generic kit that runs on any AlphaServer
processor, and a platform-targeted performance kit that runs on
AlphaServer EV56 and later processors.

Oracle Rdb release 7.2 requires OpenVMS Alpha version 8.2 or later or 
HP
Open Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers version 8.2-1 or later.

The Oracle Rdb product family includes Oracle Rdb Enterprise Edition,
Oracle CODASYL DBMS, Oracle CDD/Repository, Oracle SQL/Services, 
OCI
Services for Oracle Rdb, Oracle Trace for Rdb, Replication Option for
Rdb, Oracle Rdb ODBC Driver, and Oracle Rdb JDBC Drivers.

Additional information is available at the Oracle Rdb web site:
http://www.oracle.com/rdb. 


Regards, Ginger Vollmar
Rdb Engineering


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