This preface contains:
The following are changes in Oracle R Enterprise User's Guide for Release 1.2.
The following features are new in this release:
Support for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1).
Oracle Universal Installer downloads files required to install Oracle R Enterprise Server. See Use Oracle Universal Installer (Server Only).
ore.predict for R Models allows you to predict using R models with database resident- data.
The following are changes in Oracle R Enterprise User's Guide for Oracle R Enterprise 1.1.
The following features are new in this release:
Support for Solaris: Oracle R Distribution and Oracle R Enterprise are supported on Solaris 10 and higher for both 64-bit SPARC and 64-bit x386 (Intel) processors.
Support for AIX: Oracle R Distribution and Oracle R Enterprise are supported on IBM AIX 5.3 or higher (64-Bit).
Improved mathematics libraries in R
You can now use the improved Oracle R Distribution with support for dynamically picking up either the Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL) or the AMD Core Math Library (ACML) with Oracle R Enterprise.
The improved mathematics libraries are not supported for Solaris.
Server runs on Windows
The Oracle R Enterprise server now runs on 64-bit and 32-bit Windows operating systems.
Support for Oracle Wallet
R scripts no longer need to have database authentication credentials in clear text. Oracle R Enterprise is integrated with Oracle Wallet for that purpose.
Improved installation
The installation scripts have been improved with more prerequisite checks and detailed error messages. Error messages provide specific instructions on remedial actions.