Oracle releases virtualization software
Oracle today unveiled a server virtualization software which supports both Oracle and non Oracle applications. Oracle VM is free and available for both Windows and Linux. Oracle products including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion middleware and Oracle Applications are certified to work with Oracle VM.
Oracle VM installs directly on server hardware and does not require a host operating system. Consisting of open source server software and an integrated Web browser-based management console, Oracle VM provides a graphical interface for creating and managing virtual server pools, running on x86 and x86-64-based systems, across an enterprise. The following Oracle products are supported by Oracle VM:
• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and Oracle Database 11g Release 1
• Oracle Application Server 10gR2 and 10gR3
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.4
• Oracle Berkeley DB 4.6
• Oracle TimesTen 7.0.3.1
• Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10 and 12
• Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.4.x and 9.0
• PeopleTools 8.49.07 and above
• Oracle Siebel CRM 8.0
• Oracle Hyperion 9.3.1
Though the software is free, I believe, you have to pay for patches, updates and support. I’m not sure what is the use of downloading the software for free if you are not going to get the patches and updates for no cost (Ofcourse it’s a marketing gimmick).
Source: Oracle VM.
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