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Not to be confused with Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Oracle VM Server for x86
Developer(s)Oracle Corporation
Stable release
3.4 / 24 March 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-24)[1]
Written inC
Operating systemLinux kernel
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
TypePlatform virtualization
License
  • Server: GNU GPL
  • Manager: Proprietary (redistributable freeware)
[2]
Websitewww.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/oraclevm/overview/index.html

Oracle VM Server for x86 is the server virtualization offering from Oracle Corporation. Oracle VM Server for x86 incorporates the free and open-source Xen hypervisor technology, supports Windows, Linux, and Solaris[3] guests and includes an integrated Web based management console. Oracle VM Server for x86 features fully tested and certified Oracle Applications stack in an enterprise virtualization environment.[4]

Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.[5] Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM Release 3.4.2 in September 2016.

Components

  • Oracle VM Manager: web based management console to manage Oracle VM Servers.
  • Oracle VM Server: includes a version of Xen hypervisor technology, and the Oracle VM Agent to communicate with Oracle VM Manager for management of virtual machines. It also includes a minimized Linux kernel as Dom0.

Versions

  • Current stable Release is OVM 3.4.2
  • Oracle VM 3.3 had a lot of internal improvements and was released on 2 July 2014.[6]
  • Oracle VM 3.4.2 released on September 2016 includes an updated DOM0 kernel based on the 4.1 mainline kernel via Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 update 2.
  • The latest release adds NVME support, extended SCSI support in the guest OS, numerous performance improvements in the host and guest OS, Oracle VM manager performance and scalability improvements, and security improvements.

Resource limits

As of version 3.3, Oracle VM Server for x86 can take advantage of up to 240 CPUs, 6TB RAM per server and can host a maximum of 100 VM per server.
VCPUs per VM: 256 (PVM) / 128 (HVM, PVHVM) VMs per server[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Announcing Oracle VM 3.4 - Engineered for Open Cloud Infrastructure".
  2. ^ "Oracle VM Server for x86". Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Oracle VM Server Release Notes, Release 3.2.1". Oracle Corp. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Oracle VM". Oracle Corp. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  5. ^ Welcome to the Oracle E-Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM
  6. ^ "Oracle Announces Oracle VM 3.3". Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. ^ Oracle VM 3.3.1 Documentation
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