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Tech Article: Guidelines for Deploying Oracle Virtual Networking
Brian K. Matheson's tech article, just published on OTN, provides guidelines for deploying Oracle virtual networking, including setting up the traffic, interconnects, clouds, and templates.
posted Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:15:56 +0000

Tech Article: Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center as a Management Tool for Virtualization
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center offers complete infrastructure management with a focus on Oracle hardware (servers, switches, storage appliances) and Oracle operating systems, plus non-Oracle Linux variants that are supported on Oracle servers. Although Oracle VM VirtualBox and Oracle VDI include management capabilities, Ops Center has the best overall toolset for central virtualization management.
posted Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:52:56 +0000

Tech Article: The Role of Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in a Virtualization Strategy
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is the practice of hosting a desktop operating system within a virtual machine (VM) running on a hosted, centralized or remote server. Matthias Pfützner explains.
posted Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:29:14 +0000

Tech Article: Oracle VM VirtualBox - Personal Desktop Virtualization
Oracle VM VirtualBox consists of a base software package that is available for each supported host OS; guest additions that add support for shared folders, seamless window integration, and 3D; and extension packs.
posted Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:24:22 +0000

Tech Article: The Role of Oracle VM Server for x86 in a Virtualization Strategy
Oracle VM Server for x86 is an Oracle technology that existed before Oracle acquired Sun. It is a virtualization product based on the Xen hypervisor and like its SPARC counterpart, Oracle VM Server for SPARC, it is a thin Type 1 hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization and uses paravirtualization.
posted Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:25:44 +0000

Tech Article: What It Takes to Deploy and Manage a Private Cloud with Oracle VM
Richard Friedman describes the difficulties in managing data centers with efficiency that prompted the growth of private clouds. And how to deploy and manage one with Oracle VM.
posted Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:07:02 +0000

Tech Article: Network Virtualization and Network Resource Management
Using hypervisor-based virtualization and Oracle Solaris Zones with network virtualization plus network resource management enables a whole range of network-based architectures. This article describes what's involved in using network resource management in conjunction with hypervisors, containers, and zones in an internal virtual network.
posted Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:21:27 +0000

Tech Article: How to Create a Cluster of Logical Domains
You can use Oracle Solaris Cluster to create high-availability clusters of logical domains in two ways: by simply configuring the logical domains as a cluster, or by setting up Oracle Solaris Cluster inside the control domain of Oracle VM Server for SPARC. The second approach offers significant benefits, as described here.
posted Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:19:19 +0000

Tech Article: How to Set Up a Hadoop Cluster Using Oracle Solaris 11 Zones
Apache Hadoop helps you process large amounts of data on multiple computers that are clustered together. Oracle Solaris zones are easy to clone and manage as a cluster. Oracle Solaris 11 has great network virtualization capabilities. Orgad walks you through all the steps required to combine these three technologies into an easy to manage big data cluster.
posted Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:09:10 +0000

Tech Article: How Resource Management Enables Virtualization
When you have one person in one phone booth, life is simple. But when you fit 25 college students into one phone booth, you have resource management challenges. Not to mention security risks. Same goes for virtualization. Detlef explains how resource management can help.
posted Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:40:16 +0000

To see all technical articles about Oracle virtualization technologies posted on OTN, go to our Oracle virtualization collection on Delicious.