A fully integrated system of software, servers, storage and networking that delivers high-availability database services for a wide range of homegrown and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP) and data warehousing applications Capacity On-Demand software licensing allows you to quickly scale from 2 processor cores to 48 processor cores without incurring the costs and downtime usually associated with hardware upgrades Allows businesses to consolidate OLTP and data warehousing databases up to 18 terabytes in size, making it ideal for midsize companies and departmental systems