Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle XML DB Old version, no longer maintained: Oracle9 i Database Native internet protocols and Java, Virtual Private Database Old version, no longer maintained: Oracle8 i Database Old version, no longer maintained: Oracle8 Database Old version, no longer maintained: Oracle 7.3 Shared Server, XA Transactions, Transparent Application Failover Old version, no longer maintained: Oracle 7.2 Old version, no longer maintained: Oracle 7.1

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