Oracle has announced support of 10 g Release 2 on IBM POWER-based processors.

The program can be downloaded from the Oracle Web site.

Oracle 10 g R2 for Linux on POWER is ideal for enterprises that need to support high volume online transaction processing and query-intensive data warehousing applications. It provides:

• Proven scalability on all hardware configurations, the ability to manage very large amounts of information, and the highest level of security assurance in the industry
• Unique availability benefits to protect data from costly unplanned failures
• Reduced maintenance downtime and automated self-managing capabilities to help lower operational costs
• Significantly reduced infrastructure costs through the efficient use of shared pools of IBM POWER processor-based servers.

Oracle 10 g R2 for Linux on POWER also provides:

• Suitability for enterprises of any size and databases up to eight Exabytes for full 64-bit implementation
• All Oracle database 10 g features, including Real Application Clusters
• Management of all data, integration of all information, activation of all applications, and continuous availability
• Proven security assurance, rapid install, easy management, and ideal for Oracle Grid
• Optional virtualization capability support.

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