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 3.3.3 / 21 July 2015; 8 years ago (2015-07-21)[1]
Written in C
Operating system Linux kernel
Platform IA-32, x86-64
Type Platform virtualization
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  • Server: GNU GPL
  • Manager: proprietary (redistributable freeware)
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Website www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/oraclevm/overview/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[3] 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.[4]

Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.[5] 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 [6]

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[7]

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Welcome to the Oracle E-Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM
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  7. ↑ Oracle VM 3.3.1 Documentation

External links

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