Database management systems

The BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise suite supports the following database management systems.

Supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition
Version¹	2014	2015	2016
SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0
SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise supports the following database management systems for vault, repository, and configuration databases.

Supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Version¹	Meridian Enterprise	Meridian Explorer³	BlueCielo Publisher
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2008 (SP0, SP1, SP2, R2)

Supported versions of Oracle
Version²	Meridian Enterprise	Meridian Explorer	BlueCielo Publisher
Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0)
Oracle 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1.0)
Oracle 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.7)

Notes

The Express editions of SQL Server are supported for evaluation, development, demonstration, and Meridian Enterprise Server configuration database (though not recommended and not for Meridian Explorer repositories) purposes only. BlueCielo does not routinely test the Express editions for compatibility, performance, stability, or scalability. In a production environment, the Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter edition of SQL Server must be used for all but the Meridian Enterprise Server configuration database.
We assume that non-Windows versions of Oracle are compatible with the Windows versions (as pertains to Meridian Enterprise compatibility). BlueCielo supports non-Windows configurations, but does not test them. For more information on testing and supporting non-Windows versions, contact BlueCielo Technical Support.

The Oracle Text component is not installed by default, but is required on servers where repositories will be created.

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) are supported. Contact BlueCielo Technical Support for more information.
64-bit only

Database collation determines if queries and T-SQL script are case-sensitive. Meridian Explorer does not provide case-sensitive database collation capability itself but relies on the collation capabilities of the host database management system. Meridian Explorer requires case-sensitive database collation. To set the collation at the server level, see Set or Change the Server Collation. To set the collation at the database level, see Set or Change the Database Collation.

The Full Text Search component is not installed by default, but is required on servers where repositories will be created. The Full Text Search component is only included in the following editions of SQL Server: Express with Advanced Services, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and higher provides a FILESTREAM feature for higher performance that we recommend and is enabled by default during repository creation. Before using this feature, we strongly recommend that you fully understand the advantages, limitations, and implications of the feature by studying the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. For an overview, see Binary Large Object (Blob) Data (SQL Server) on Microsoft TechNet.