1 Oracle Big Data Appliance Software Licensing

Oracle Big Data Appliance is an engineered system optimized for acquiring, organizing, and analyzing big data. It combines optimized hardware components with new software solutions to deliver a complete big data solution.

This chapter describes the licensing and technical support of software installed on Oracle Big Data Appliance. It contains these topics:

1.1 Big Data Appliance Software Installation

Oracle Big Data Appliance software is installed in two stages:

1.1.1 Factory-Installed Image

The Oracle Linux operating system and various configuration utilities are factory-installed on Oracle Big Data Appliance servers. Your license to use them is included with your purchase of the appliance.

1.1.2 On-Site Software Installation

An Oracle Customer Service Representative downloads all applications software for Oracle Big Data Appliance. Some of this software is included in the Oracle Big Data Appliance licensing agreement, while other software is licensed separately.

You must specify whether to install separately licensed and optional software components when completing the Oracle Big Data Appliance Configuration Worksheets.

1.2 Software Licensing

The software downloaded to Oracle Big Data Appliance is protected by these licenses:

1.2.1 Integrated Software

The following table summarizes the licensing and support of integrated software included with your purchase of Oracle Big Data Appliance.

Software License Support
Oracle Linux Perpetual for life of hardware Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems
Java HotSpot Virtual Machine Perpetual for life of hardware Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems
Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop Perpetual for life of hardware Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems
Cloudera Manager Perpetual for life of hardware Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems
MySQL Database Standard Edition Restricted useFoot 1  Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems
Oracle NoSQL Database Community Edition GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPLv3) NoneFootref 1
Open Source R Perpetual for life of hardware Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems

Footnote 1 See the Oracle Software License Agreement ("SLA") and Entitlement for Hardware Systems with Integrated Software Options

1.2.2 Oracle Big Data Connectors

The system software requires a separate license for Oracle Big Data Connectors:

  • Oracle Loader for Hadoop

  • Oracle Data Integrator Application Adapter for Hadoop

  • Oracle R Connector for Hadoop

  • Oracle Direct Connector for Hadoop Distributed File System

Oracle Big Data Connectors must be licensed for all processors of Oracle Big Data Appliance or for all processors of the Hadoop cluster when not licensed on Oracle Big Data Appliance. The individual components are available only as part of the Oracle Big Data Connectors license. They are not licensed individually.

Restricted Use License: Oracle Data Integrator as part of Oracle Big Data Connectors is restricted for use on Oracle Big Data Appliance with Cloudera CDH targets or Oracle NoSQL Database targets residing on Oracle Big Data Appliance. Any usage of Oracle Data Integrator outside of Oracle Big Data Appliance requires a full license for Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition.

1.2.3 Separately Licensed Software

This software requires a separate license and must be installed and configured manually. Support is provided under Oracle Premier Support for Systems or Oracle Premier Support for Operating Systems.

  • Oracle NoSQL Database Enterprise Edition

1.2.4 Software Modifications

Modifications to the software installed on Oracle Big Data Appliance can result in a loss of warranty and support.

See the Oracle Big Data Appliance Owner's Guide for specific restrictions.