Oracle Linux 7 Now Available
July 23 2014 - 8:00AM
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
News Summary
Oracle today introduced Oracle Linux 7, an open source operating
platform that gives customers and partners the capabilities, tools,
and features they need to innovate, collaborate, and create
solutions across traditional, cloud-based, and virtual
environments. As with previous releases, Oracle Linux 7 is easy to
download, free to distribute, and the only major enterprise Linux
distribution that publishes all bug fixes and security errata
publicly, providing more flexibility and choice than other
commercial Linux distributions. With extensive testing for
demanding workloads such as Oracle Database, a flexible free-to-use
and paid support model, and strong uptake, Oracle Linux is the best
general-purpose open source operating platform for the modern data
center.
News Facts
- Oracle Linux 7 is generally available today.
- This release builds on Oracle's approach to providing support
for emerging technologies, such as OpenStack, while delivering the
latest Linux innovations, tools, and features customers and
partners need to deliver enterprise-grade solutions for the modern
data center.
- Oracle Linux 7 features include XFS, Btrfs, Linux Containers
(LXC), DTrace, Ksplice, Xen enhancements, and the Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel Release 3.
- Available for download from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud,
Oracle Linux 7 is free to download and distribute. All bug fixes
and security errata are published to Oracle's public yum servers,
allowing customers to install the same code across all their
deployments, with or without a subscription, and creating a simple
migration path from free to paid. No reinstalls are required.
- Oracle Linux is a general-purpose operating system designed to
run any Linux application and provides an ideal platform for
third-party solutions, giving partners and customers the freedom to
choose the solution they need to meet their business
objectives.
- Oracle Linux provides the performance and reliability to
support business-critical workloads such as Oracle Database
12c and is used by all the x86-based Oracle engineered
systems.
- More than 12,000 customers have selected Oracle Linux Support,
which offers low-cost enterprise-class support with 24/7 access in
145 countries worldwide, premier backports, additional management
tools, cluster software, indemnification, and more.
- Oracle Linux is the only Linux distribution that provides
production support for zero-downtime updates with Ksplice. Ksplice
allows customers to keep their systems secure by providing updates
without the need to reboot and has been providing updates for
production systems for more than seven years, delivering more than
1 million patches. It is also used to provide diagnostics on
production servers, with debug kernels that can be applied and
removed without restart. Ksplice is included with all Oracle Linux
Premier Support subscriptions.
- Oracle Linux 7 provides a 10-year production lifecycle; those
with Oracle Linux Support subscriptions receive lifetime support as
well. Customers using the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3
also have access to features such as Btrfs, DTrace, and Linux
Containers (LXC) across multiple major releases (Oracle Linux 6.4
and later), allowing them time to plan their upgrade.
Supporting Quotes
- "Oracle Linux continues to provide the most flexible options
for customers and partners, allowing them to easily innovate,
collaborate, and create enterprise-grade solutions," said Wim
Coekaerts, senior vice president of Linux and Virtualization
Engineering, Oracle. "With Oracle Linux 7, users have more freedom
to choose the technologies and solutions that best meet their
business objectives. Oracle Linux allows users to benefit from an
open approach for emerging technologies, like OpenStack, and allows
them to meet the performance and reliability requirements of the
modern data center."
- "With the growing Oracle install base, we've been working
closely with Oracle to strengthen collaboration between Lenovo
solutions and Oracle Linux and Oracle VM," said Darrel Ward, vice
president and general manager, Enterprise Product Group, Lenovo.
"Our customers benefit from the flexibility and performance Oracle
Linux provides, allowing us to achieve the best low-cost
infrastructure solution for SMB and midsize enterprises."
- "Many customers today are standardizing their server
deployments, using consistent hardware and operating system layers.
A more consistent and optimized foundation streamlines support and
manageability for a wide variety of business workloads, ranging
from database and commercial applications to infrastructure and
web-serving tasks," said Al Gillen, Program VP, Servers and System
Software, IDC. "Oracle starts with the mainline Linux code base,
like all other Linux distribution providers. But the company then
integrates value-added technologies such as Ksplice and DTrace with
the Linux kernel to give customers a product optimized for
commercial deployments that demand performance and reliability.
This gives Oracle both a competitive story and a measurable
differentiation."
- "OpenStack offers customers a reliable software platform for
mission-critical, scalable clouds without the lock-in," said Boris
Renski, Co-Founder and CMO, Mirantis. "Oracle Linux 7 is an ideal
operating system for OpenStack not only for its technical
capabilities but because of its support for any OpenStack
distribution, allowing organizations to build private or public
clouds using the technology of their choosing."
- "Microsoft congratulates Oracle on its release of Oracle Linux
7. Since June 2013, Microsoft and Oracle have collaborated to help
customers embrace cloud computing by providing greater choice and
flexibility in how to deploy Oracle software," said Jason Zander,
corporate vice president, Microsoft Azure. "We recently added
Oracle Linux to the list of Hyper-V guest OS's for Windows Server
and Microsoft Azure and we look forward to offering this latest
release in Microsoft Azure."
Supporting Resources
- Oracle Linux
- Download Oracle Linux 7 here. Individual packages are available
on the public yum server. Terms, conditions, and restrictions
apply.
- Data sheet: Oracle Linux
- Podcast: Q&A with Wim Coekaerts
- Oracle Linux Customers
- The Value of Oracle Linux Support
- IDC white paper: Oracle Linux: Engineered into a Business-Class
Solution
- Wim Coekaerts Blog
- Connect with Oracle Linux via Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube
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