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 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.
Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM 3.4.4 in August 2017.
Video Oracle VM Server for x86
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.
Maps Oracle VM Server for x86
Versions
- 3.4.4 - August 25, 2017
- Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 (UEK R4)
- Server package updates
- Security updates for Manager components and Server packages
- Updated Xen hypervisor for improved throughput and IOPS performance
- 3.4.3 - May 12, 2017
- 3.4.2 - September 2016
- Includes an updated DOM0 kernel based on the 4.1 mainline kernel via Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 update 2.
- Adds NVME support, extended SCSI support in the guest OS, numerous performance improvements in the host and guest OS, Oracle VM manager performance and scalability improvements, and security improvements.
- 3.3 - July 2, 2014
- A lot of internal improvements
Resource limits
As of version 3.3, 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
See also
- Oracle VM Server for SPARC
- Docker
- libvirt
- Kernel-based Virtual Machine
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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