A database server may be part of a file server that also houses applications and non-database files; however, the term generally implies a server that provides only database functions. See database.

CEO Larry Ellison Wednesday unveiled two hardware systems, an advanced database server and a programmable storage server, co-developed with Hewlett-Packard, that will make Oracle a player in the ...

As for the ability to eat into HP server sales with the appliance ... Customers will be able to use existing Oracle database licenses on the appliance hardware, Althoff said.