Compression feature

Hi friends,
We have a requirement from the customer to start using data and index compression in our database.. Is this something available in Oracle 10g,11g without any additional costs? We are not sure if this will work with our application so we will have to test it in-house, is it possible to compress the existing table data/index to test it out? Would really appreciate any suggestions or recommendations on this.
Thanks a lot
Edited by: newbiegal on Jun 27, 2012 12:07 PM

Hi;
11g comes wiht advance compress mechanisim. There are also advanced compress enable which you need to get license.
Please read:
11g New Features: Advanced Compression Overview and Advantages [ID 785787.1]
Master Note for OLTP Compression [ID 1223705.1]
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