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Realize True Cost Savings with Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support
IT professionals are under constant pressure to do more with less. And as an open source operating system, Linux is an attractive enterprise choice for several reasons—portability across commodity hardware architectures, an active community of contributors, and zero license cost. But the true cost-saving opportunity goes beyond just the cost of the operating system. Discover how much your organization can start saving today. More...

Oracle Contributes Data Integrity Protection Code to Linux Community
Delivering on its commitment to advance Linux for the enterprise, Oracle has contributed open source data integrity protection code to the Linux community. The code helps ensure comprehensive data integrity is maintained as data moves from application to database and from Linux operating system to disk storage.

Developed in part with Emulex, the new data integrity protection code is based on existing storage standards and allows key data protection information to be utilized by the Linux kernel. Oracle’s contribution includes generic support for data integrity at the block and file system layers, as well as support for the T10 Protection Information Model (formerly known as DIF) and the Data Integrity Extensions. More...

InternetNews.com: Oracle's Bektter File System for Linux (Btrfs)
Developed by Chris Mason, of the Oracle Linux engineering team, the Btrfs file system is designed to address the expanding scalability requirements of large storage subsystems, common in today's data centers. More...

Customer Success: Popular Digital Media Site Saves with Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Oracle VM
Interactive One—the digital arm of Radio One, a chain of 52 radio stations—is succeeding and saving with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Oracle VM, and PHP. "We have been very pleased with our move from Red Hat to Oracle Unbreakable Linux support. Oracle Enterprise Linux software is fully compatible with RHEL and, together with Oracle VM, provides an efficient and integrated solution that can be easily cloned," says Nicholas Tang, vice president of technical operations, Interactive One. More...

Maximize Your Oracle VM Success with Advanced Customer Services
Oracle VM Services are rapidly becoming the key to achieving a competitive Advantage, helping Oracle VM customers improve time to market, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), increase return on investment (ROI), and reduce environmental impact through energy savings. This new, three-stage offering, delivered by Oracle Advanced Customer Services experts, supports customers through each phase of Oracle VM deployment, whether moving to virtualization for the first time or converting from a less efficient, more expensive virtualization program. More...

TECH DIVE
Technical Resource: Oracle Enterprise Linux Specs, Features, Contributions
Available as open source, Oracle Enterprise Linux is fully compatible—both source and binary—with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A new in-depth technical resource page includes further details on Oracle Enterprise Linux features and some of the many key contributions Oracle shares with the Linux community. More...
Video: The Linux Foundation Interviews Chris Mason
Btrfs creator Chris Mason shares his thoughts on the benefits of the Linux Kernel Summit, the file system and reporting workshop; the importance of file systems to Linux users; Btrfs; and Oracle's involvement within the Linux community. More...
New Free Download: Oracle VM 2.1.2
Delivering on a commitment to help customers optimize data center resources while reducing hardware, energy, and facility costs, Oracle VM release 2.1.2 offers built-in high-availability features and also provides secure, encrypted live migration capabilities. More...
Partners: Build Oracle VM Templates Quickly, Easily with JeOS
With Oracle Enterprise Linux JeOS (Just Enough OS)—a secure, minimized OS that is freely redistributable and backed by enterprise-class support—developers and ISVs can now easily build Oracle VM Templates. Oracle VM Templates are preinstalled and preconfigured software images that eliminate installation and configuration costs, reduce ongoing maintenance costs, and help organizations achieve faster time to market and lower cost of operations. More...

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February 2–4, 2009
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San Francisco, California
March 24–25, 2009
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New York, New York
April 6, 2009
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Podcast: Meet the Linux Kernel Team—Martin Petersen on Data Integrity Extensions for the Linux Kernel
This podcast covers Martin Petersen's work to bring T10 Data Integrity Field and Extensions support into the Linux kernel, which was recently accepted into 2.6.27. More...


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