3 Licensing Restrictions

For more information on licensing details, see Oracle AI Database Licensing Information User Manual

This section covers the following topics:

Oracle AI Database Free CPU Limitations

Oracle AI Database Free limits itself automatically to two cores for processing. For example, on a computer with 2 dual-core CPUs (four cores), if a large number of database clients try to simultaneously run CPU-intensive queries, then Oracle AI Database Free will process the queries at the rate of just two cores even if more CPU capacity is available.

Oracle AI Database Free Installation and Runtime Restrictions

Oracle AI Database Free restricts itself to only one installation per logical environment. The logical environment can either be a virtual host such as a VM or container, or a physical host. If you attempt to start more than one Oracle AI Database Free installation in such a logical environment, then an ORA-00442: Oracle AI Database Free single instance violation error is displayed and your database will not start.

This does not affect any existing installation or new installations of Oracle AI Database Standard Edition 2 or Oracle AI Database Enterprise Edition.

Oracle AI Database Free User Data Limitations

The maximum amount of user data in Oracle AI Database Free cannot exceed 12 GB. If the user data grows beyond this limit, then the system displays an ORA-12954: The request exceeds the maximum allowed database size of 12 GB error.

Oracle AI Database Free RAM Limitation

The maximum amount of RAM for Oracle AI Database Free cannot exceed 2 GB, even if more is available.