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# A Licensing Information

## A.1 Oracle Big Data SQL

The licensing for Oracle Big Data SQL is separate from the licensing for other Oracle products.

When you purchase a license for Oracle Big Data SQL, note the following:

- A separate license must be procured per disk per Hadoop cluster.

- All nodes within the Hadoop cluster that runs Oracle Big Data SQL must be licensed.

- All disks within every node that is part of a cluster running Oracle Big Data SQL must be licensed. Partial licensing within a node is not available. All nodes in the cluster are included.

- Only the Hadoop cluster side (Oracle Big Data Appliance, or other) of an Oracle Big Data SQL installation is licensed and no additional license is required for the database server side.

- Oracle Copy to Hadoop licensing is included.

- Oracle Super Cluster is not included.