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Oracle Linux
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Oracle Linux Server 6
Company / developer Oracle Corporation
OS family Unix-like (based on RHEL)
Working state Current
Source model Free and open source software
Initial release October 26, 2006; 6 years ago (2006-10-26)
Latest stable release 6.4 [1] / February 28, 2013; 3 months ago (2013-02-28)
Marketing target Free computing (desktops, mainframes, servers, workstations)
Available language(s) Multilingual
Update method YUM (PackageKit)[2]
Package manager RPM Package Manager
Supported platforms x86, x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface GNOME and KDE (user-selectable)
License GNU GPL & various others.
Official website Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux, formerly known as Oracle Enterprise Linux, is a Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, repackaged and freely distributed by Oracle, available under the GNU General Public License (GPL) since late 2006.[3]

Oracle Linux can be downloaded through Oracle's E-delivery service or from a variety of mirror sites, and can be deployed and distributed without cost.[4] Commercial technical support is available through Oracle's Oracle Linux Support program, which supports Oracle Linux, and existing RHEL or CentOS installations (i.e. without reinstallation[5]).[3] As of 2013, Oracle Linux has over 10,000 customers subscribed to the support program.[6]

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RHEL compatibility[edit]

Oracle Corporation distributes Oracle Linux with two kernels:

Oracle claims that the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is compatible with RHEL, and Oracle middleware and third-party RHEL-certified applications can be installed and run unchanged on Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. However, for users requiring strict compatibility with Red Hat or for users running kernel modules dependent on specific kernel versions, the Red Hat Compatible Kernel offers 100% compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[3]

Hardware compatibility[edit]

Oracle Linux is certified on servers from IBM,[9] Hewlett-Packard,[10] Dell,[11] and Cisco.[12] In 2010, Force10 announced support for Oracle VM and Oracle Linux.[13] Oracle Linux is also available on Amazon EC2 as an Amazon Machine Image.[14]

Oracle/Sun servers and blades with x86-64 processors can be configured to ship with Oracle Linux.[15]

Virtualization support[edit]

Under the Oracle Linux Support program, Oracle Linux supports KVM and Xen.[3]

Other Oracle products are only supported under the Xen-based Oracle VM.[16]

Oracle Linux deployment inside Oracle[edit]

Oracle Linux is used by Oracle internally to lower IT costs. Oracle Linux is deployed on more than 42,000 servers by Oracle Global IT; Oracle On Demand, Oracle University, and Oracle's technology demo systems also run Oracle Linux.[3]

Software developers at Oracle develop Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware, Oracle Grid Engine, E-Business Suite and other Oracle Applications on Oracle Linux.[3]

Oracle Linux-related products[edit]

Oracle Linux is used as the underlying operating system for the following appliances.[17]

Oracle Linux specific addition[edit]

  • Ksplice - Oracle acquired Ksplice Inc in 2011, and offers Oracle Linux users Ksplice to enable hot kernel patching[18]
  • DTrace - Oracle has begun porting DTrace from Solaris as a Linux kernel module[19]

Benchmark submission[edit]

In March 2012, Oracle submitted a TPC-C benchmark result using a Sun Fire server running Oracle Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.[20] With 8 Intel Xeon processors running Oracle DB 11 R2, the system is able to handle over 5.06 million tpmC (New-Order transactions per minute while fulfilling TPC-C[21]). The server is the third fastest TPC-C non-clustered system and is the fastest x86-64 non-clustered system.[22][23]

Oracle also submitted a SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark record using Oracle Linux and Oracle WebLogic Server, and achieved both a single node and an x86 world record result of 27,150 EjOPS (SPECjEnterprise Operation/second).[24]

Future SPARC version[edit]

In December 2010, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced that future versions of Oracle Linux will run on Oracle's SPARC and UltraSPARC T-series (Niagara) platforms.[25]

Release history[edit]

  • Oracle Linux 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 [26]
  • Oracle Linux 5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 [27]
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 [28]
Oracle Linux Release Architectures RHEL base Oracle Linux release date RHEL release date Delay (Days)
4.5 i386, x86-64 4.5 2007-05-01
4.6 i386, x86-64 4.6 2007-12-10 [29] 2007-11-16 24
4.7 i386, x86-64 4.7 2008-08-05 [30] 2008-07-24 12
4.8 i386, x86-64 4.8 2009-05-26 [31] 2009-05-18 8
4.9 i386, x86-64 4.9 2011-02-16
5.0 i386, x86-64 5 2007-06-26 [32] 2007-03-14 104
5.1 i386, x86-64 5.1 2007-11-26 [33] 2007-11-07 19
5.2 i386, x86-64 5.2 2008-06-02 [34] 2008-05-21 12
5.3 i386, x86-64 5.3 2009-01-28 [35] 2009-01-20 8
5.4 i386, x86-64 5.4 2009-09-09 [36] 2009-09-02 7
5.5 i386, x86-64 5.5 2010-04-07 [37] 2010-03-31 7
5.6 i386, x86-64 5.6 2011-01-22 [38] 2011-01-13 9
5.7 i386, x86-64 5.7 2011-08-16 [39] 2011-07-21 26
5.8 i386, x86-64 5.8 2012-03-02 [40] 2012-02-21 10
5.9 i386, x86-64 5.9 2013-01-16 [41] 2013-01-07 9
6.0 i386, x86-64 6 2011-02-11 [42] 2010-11-10 93
6.1 i386, x86-64 6.1 2011-06-01 2011-05-19 13
6.2 i386, x86-64 6.2 2011-12-15 2011-12-06 9
6.3 i386, x86-64 6.3 2012-06-28 [43] 2012-06-21 7
6.4 i386, x86-64 6.4 2013-02-28 [44] 2013-02-21 7

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". Retrieved 28 Feb 2013. 
  2. ^ Oracle Public Yum Server
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Oracle Linux FAQ". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Fast, Modern, Reliable Linux at a Fraction of the Cost of Red Hat
  5. ^ Switching from Red Hat Network to Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)
  6. ^ Oracle Linux Customers: Customers Succeed with Oracle Linux
  7. ^ Oracle Linux with Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
  8. ^ Oracle Linux
  9. ^ IBM System x and BladeCenter solutions - Oracle Linux
  10. ^ Open Source and Linux from HP
  11. ^ Oracle Solutions
  12. ^ DC Partner - Oracle
  13. ^ Force10 Networks Announces Support for Oracle VM and Oracle Linux for its Virtualization Solutions
  14. ^ Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) > Oracle
  15. ^ Sun Servers
  16. ^ Oracle VM
  17. ^ PartnerCast: Oracle Linux on YouTube
  18. ^ Customer Letter | Oracle and Ksplice
  19. ^ trying out dtrace
  20. ^ TPC-C Full Disclosure Report: Oracle's Sun Fire X4800 M2 Server Using Oracle Database 11g Release 2
  21. ^ Frequently Asked Questions What is TPC-C?
  22. ^ TPC-C - Top Ten Performance Results - Non-Clustered Version 5 Results
  23. ^ 4.8M wasn't enough so we went for 5.055M tpmc with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel r2 :-)
  24. ^ Oracle Weblogic Server Standard Edition Release 12.1.1 on Oracle Sun Fire X4800 M2
  25. ^ Ellison: Oracle Enterprise Linux Coming to Sparc
  26. ^ Index of /el6/docs
  27. ^ Index of /el5/docs
  28. ^ Index of /el4/docs
  29. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 6 for x86 (32 bit)and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  30. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 7 for x86 (32 bit) , x86_64 (64 Bit) and Itanium (ia64) architectures". 
  31. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 8 for x86 (32 bit) , x86_64 (64 Bit) and Itanium (ia64) architectures". 
  32. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 5". 
  33. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 1 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  34. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 2 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  35. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 3 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  36. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 4 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  37. ^ "Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 5 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  38. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 6 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  39. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 7 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  40. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 8 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  41. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 8 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  42. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 6". 
  43. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 3 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 
  44. ^ "Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures". 

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