Solution

Oracle Linux

The Oracle Linux operating system delivers leading performance, scalability, reliability and security f or enterprise applications.

Oracle Linux Support offers access to award-winning Oracle support resources and Linux support specialists, zero-downtime updates using Ksplice, addition al management tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager and lifetime support, all at a low cost. Unlike many other commercial Linux distributions, Oracle Linux is easy to download and completely free to use, distribute and update.

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01.

Offering Choice, Delivering Value

Next-generation cloud development with Oracle Linux, Docker, Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux, and Linux Containers
Ksplice provides security with continuous patches to your kernel and user space without downtime
Easy to download
Free to use, distribute, and update

02.

Key Features

Zero-downtime kernel and user space updates with Ksplice
Comprehensive kernel and application tracing with DTrace
Linux management and high availability included at no additional charge for Oracle Linux Support customers
Optimized for Oracle, including Oracle Database and Oracle Applications

03.

Key Benefits

Lower costs by only paying for support on the systems you want supported
Increase security by applying patches sooner and minimizing time spent troubleshooting and updating
Improve performance of Oracle software and hardware

Features

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel

Developed and tested to support demanding workloads, such as Oracle Database.
Tracks Linux mainline closely.
Allows features such as Btrfs, DTrace, OCFS2, and Linux Containers to be used across multiple major releases (Oracle Linux 6. 4 and later).
Able to parallelize network and disk IO.
Efficiently runs on systems with many cores and threads and NUMA nodes.

Docker

Optimized framework for deploying single-purpose, isolated Linux Containers.
Supports full Linux Container lifecycle: build, ship, distribute, and deployment of applications.
Leverages modern kernel technologies including cgroups, SElinux, and copy-on-write filesystems.
Oracle Linux images available in the official Docker Hub.
Oracle WebLogic Server is certified to run on Docker in Oracle Linux.

Ksplice

Enables zero-downtime kernel updates for critical security updates and bug fixes.
Minimizes security risks by easily keeping system up to date without downtime.
Improves application availability for users.
Provides kernel diagnostics on production systems.
Easily integrates into your environment’s change management practices with rollback feature.
Support for Ksplice is included with Oracle Linux Premier Support subscriptions at no additional charge.

DTrace

Provides a single view of the software stack.
Traces kernel, system libraries, and applications.
Quickly identify performance bottlenecks on production systems by defining probe points live, at runtime.
Enables static tracing using instrumentation compiled into kernel and applications.
Support for DTrace is included with Oracle Linux Support at the Basic and Premier levels at no extra charge.

Secure, Enterprise-Class Support

High-quality, enterprise-class, secure Oracle Linux support
Oracle Linux Premier Support includes zero-downtime kernel updates with Ksplice
Management and clustering software is included at no additional charge
Oracle Premier Support for Systems includes Oracle Linux support (no need to repurchase)
Oracle Cloud subscription includes Oracle Linux Premier Support at no additional cost
Includes premier backports, comprehensive legal indemnification, and full-stack testing