Have you heard about ? It was announced earlier this week at OpenWorld. I will definitely be blogging more about OOW but the OVM announcement kind of caught me by surprise. I convey why? Why does Oracle be a VM?I did a little research. Oracle VM only runs on Oracle Linux and Red Hat (versions 4 and higher). That's really a little misleading as in reality you be two computers: one computer for the server software and one computer for the server manager software. The Oracle VM is a replacement for an OS. Oracle VM will only run Window's guest OSes on hardware that supports virtualization. Virtualization of Windows is where most companies that I deal with are using virtual servers. I won't have in mind because I know the mere have in mind of Microsoft freaks some people out but with products like () and. I have to ask why? Why does Oracle be to get into the VM arena? I just don't get it. VirtualBox. BTW is a completely open obtain and has been released on a GPL license. VirtualBox runs on Windows (including Vista64). Linux and Mac. With the absence of a vmware vista64 port. VirtualBox is quickly becoming my favorite virtual server. VirtualBox also supports most guest OSes. So back to my question why would Oracle get into that business? I guess if you be to virtualize your entire data center and if windows support isn't that important getting closer to the hardware can help with performance. That still doesn't help me understand why Oracle feels they should be the ones to do it. This kind of feels out of place to me. Any clue?LewisC
But neither of those are reasons why Oracle should enter the VM merchandise. Why not partner with someone who makes that their business desire vmware or innotek? I don't know. I evaluate Larry wants to move Oracle into the new Microsoft and I don't know if that's the best idea when Oracle is still trying to get Fusion up and while it is trying to win the Apps war. While the current DB battle might be won the war isn't over. Anyone remember Napoleon? I don't think OVM is Waterloo but it just might be russia. LewisC
I think it's about control and cheaper give costs. They want to be that Oracle is cheaper to run and support than the competitors and that's easier to do if they control the operating system (unbreakable linux) and the VM software. If they furnish with someone they don't really have control over updates and channel cycles.
It's mainly about the price (cheaper than VMWare) and top-down give. A lot of my customers are already running Xen now they can get it supported by their database and application vendor. They're really excited. Partnering with VMware will up the costs of someones virtual environment. I have no idea of how much the support of innotek costs and what technology it is based upon. I don't evaluate this will be Oracle's russia. I don't even think that Oracle is to be compared with a short-arsed dictator/warmonger.
Apart from certification points and to provide a end stack for customers there is missing inform here.- PerformanceOracle VM is based on which differs from VMWare. Virtual Box and MS Virtual PC approach in the level of OS interception. It requires guest operation system modification but AFAIK with this technique the overhead is only around 0.1-3.5% compared to 10-15% of VMWare for example.
@Marcelo,Yeah that was why I mentioned "getting closer to the hardware". I accept Xen is a more performant virtualization but that comfort doesn't say WHY ORACLE. That's my question. Not why Xen or even why virtualization. I get all that. I just didn't see why Oracle needed to be in the business. I anticipate the say is the supportable stack. That makes sense. LewisC
@Mike,I don't think this will be Oracle's russia. I don't even think that Oracle is to be compared with a short-arsed dictator/warmonger. I experience about a million change state source developers who would disagree. ;-) The only person they dislike more than account Gates is Larry Ellison (at least the OSS DB people do). But I agree. At worst. OVM won't catch on and it ordain die on the vine. On the otherhand. Oracle has deep pockets and if this keeps even a small group of valuabe customers happy then I anticipate it's worth it to the company. LewisC
Why did Oracle get into the virtualization market?I am not sure. I am not involved in the product. However. I think several of the responses that others posted are quite valid. Enterprise customers be fewer vendors to deal with and Oracle is seen as a safer vendor to depend on. Having a certified stack is another good reason. I also want to argue that the hardware support requirement for running Windows is a reasonable tradeoff. Large memory (> 4B) support is really a requirement to truly take advantage of virtualization which means servers that run on x86-64 CPUs and give plenty of memory slots. These features be to go in newer machines with processors that support hardware virtualization. Another thing to keep in mind is that Oracle VM represents only an incremental product development investment. Oracle already provides Linux and it has Oracle Enterprise Manager. When you be at virtualization the core virtual machine is becoming less and less important in relative terms. The focus in on manageability. Unlike VMware. Oracle already has a rather substantial management framework to build on.
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