Is EnterpriseDB Express Gone?

I was at the EnterpriseDB web site recently and noticed that the downloads have changed a bit. I no longer see a download for EnterpriseDB Express. If you remember a while back, I had found an annoyance with the installation of the express version.

Now you go right to the advance server download and get a messsage.

You have downloaded EnterpriseDB Advanced Server. Currently, EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 8.2 requires a Product Key in order to use the software above 1 CPU, 1 GB of memory, and 6GB of data. This product key will be removed from future releases of EnterpriseDB Advanced Server.

The message also provides a license key so that you can install the software. Kudos EnterpriseDB. I appreciate it. I'm not opposed to an express version. Actually, I think it makes a lot of sense. But before implementing it, the software should be able to limit itself.

It looks like that's what they plan to do.

I also noticed a new feature/offering. EnterpriseDB now offers a Developer Support Pack.

Need some help getting started with EnterpriseDB Advanced Server? Sign up for 6 months of technical support today for just $99. This Developer Support Pack is to be used for development only and not for production implementations.

That is an incredibly reasonable price for a developer to get up to speed. I didn't read the details but if that allows a developer access to phone support, $99 for half a year can't be beat.

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Learn EnterpriseDB - Step 1

So you've decided to learn/evaluate/use EnterpriseDB. That's great. The first thing you need to do is get it and install it.

Download

To get EnterpriseDB, you need to navigate over to the EnterpriseDB download page. If you haven't already signed up for an account, you will need to get one. It's free and, by signing up, you will also have access to the support forums.

When you sign up, you will get an EnterpriseDB Network Account ID. This ID will be emailed to the account you sign up with. SAVE THIS EMAIL! You don't absolutely need to sign up for the EnterpriseDB Network but I would recommend that you do so. The network account ID will allow you to install when you do not have an internet connection.

While you are waiting for your network email, download the software for your OS. At the time of this writing, Linux (32 & 64), Windows (32), and Solaris (32 & 64) are available. I have it on good information that AIX and HP-UX ports are on the way.

If you are running on a Unix-alike, you'll get a gzipped tar file. On windows, you get a zip file. Unzip to a directory and run the approriate setup script.

Installation

In most cases during the installation, it is easier if you just accept the defaults. That being the case, I will not describe all of the screens. Most are fairly intuitive, anyway.

Some of the screens are less obvious:

• Configuration Mode - If you are going for Oracle compatibility, choose Redwood mode. If you are going for PostgreSQL compatibility, download PostgreSQL.
• Features - Notice that you have to have signed up for the EnterpriseDB Network to get access to the DBA Management Server (like Oracle's OEM) and the Replication Server. If these aren't important to you, don't worry about them.
• Dynamic Tuning - Choose Development for developing and evaluating. In profuction, choose Dedicated. I haven't found a use for Mixed. This setting basically decides how many systems resources EnterpriseDB will use (CPU/Memory/Etc). Dev is very little, dedicated is most.

There you go. Once the installer is finished, you will have a default database.

LewisC

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