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20 September 2012

Oracle Unbreakable Linux

Written by Drs. Albert Spijkers | Thursday, September 20, 2012 | No comments

Oracle Unbreakable Linux, really UNBREAKABLE!

Oracle unbreakable Linux turns out really to be UNBREAKABLE even in costs savings. Free to download, but for specific support and drivers please buy a support plan.

Oracle introduced a costs savings calculator for Oracle Linux, of which you can find the link below and find out for yourself how much you can save.

Oracle Linux Cost Calculator

Here is a sample report for your information:

If you wonder why you should choose Oracle Linux, well here is why:

Overview

Oracle Clusterware is the dominant clustering solution for Linux today and was one of the first fully supported clustering solutions for Linux
Oracle Grid Infrastructure is completely compatible with pre-existing cluster file Systems such as Oracle Cluster File System Version 2 (OCFS2)
Oracle Linux Basic and Premier Support customers can download and deploy Oracle Clusterware in a Linux cluster with no additional license and support costs
Oracle's cluster solution for Oracle Linux is the Oracle Grid Infrastructure, which includes Oracle Clusterware, Oracle Automatic Storage Management with the ACFS clustered filesystem, an application agent HA API and a growing portfolio of pre-packaged application HA agents

Benefits

Provides high availability and rich cluster resource management for any Oracle or third-party application
Based on proven cluster technology and has been ported to all operating systems
Allows clustering of single servers so that they cooperate as a single system
Provides the required infrastructure for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Offers Oracle's customers a solid and proven clustering solution built with two decades of clustering experience
Oracle Grid Infrastructure is fully compatible and certified on Oracle VM for Linux 3.1