Oracle announced the availability of Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 11g and Oracle In-Memory Database Cache 11g, the database caching option for Oracle Database 11g.
This latest release features major enhancements including performance and scale-out through the Database Cache Grid; support for PL/SQL, Oracle Call Interface (OCI), and Pro *C embedded SQL Programming language; and rock solid reliability and high availability through automated failover via integration with Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Data Guard.
These new product capabilities further enable enterprises to benefit from the extreme performance that in-memory database caching in the middle tier offers.
Oracle In-Memory Database Cache is fully integrated with the Oracle infrastructure software stack including Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle SQl Developer, and components of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is a stand-alone in-memory relational database with full persistence and recoverability. Oracle In-Memory Database Cache is the pre-integrated SQL cache database option for the Oracle Database. Both products are designed for deployment in the middle-tier.
Improved Performance for Mission Critical Applications
Oracle In-Memory Database Cache provides applications with extreme performance by caching data in memory for fast and consistent response times. The in-memory caches are tranactional read-write cahces with full persistence, recoverability, and automatic data synchronization with the Oracle Database.
For more information visit http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/022203