Hybrid Columnar Compression
Hybrid Columnar Compression is a feature of the Enterprise Edition of Oracle Database 11g that is dependent on the underlying storage system. Only Exadata storage, ZFS storage, and Pillar Axiom 600 storage support Hybrid Columnar Compression.With Hybrid Columnar Compression, the database stores the same column for a group of rows together.Storing column data together, with the same data type and similar characteristics, dramatically increases the storage savings achieved from compression. The database compresses data manipulated by any SQL operation, although compression levels are higher for direct path loads.
If your underlying storage supports Hybrid Columnar Compression, then you can specify the following compression types, depending on your requirements: