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Oracle VM Server for x86

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Not to be confused with Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Oracle VM Server for x86
Developer(s)Oracle Corporation
Stable release
3.3 / 2 July 2014; 10 years ago (2014-07-02)
Written inC
Operating systemLinux kernel
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
TypePlatform virtualization
License
  • Oracle VM Server: GNU GPL
  • Oracle VM Manager: proprietary—redistributable freeware
[1]
Websitewww.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/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[2] 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.[3]

Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.[4] Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM Release 3.2 in January 2013.

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 3.3.
  • Oracle VM 3.3 has a lot of internal improvements and was released on 2 July 2014 [5]

Resource limits

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[6]

See also

References

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