Oracle Announces Latest Release of Oracle(R) VM Server Virtualization Software

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News Facts

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Oracle(R) VM 2.2, the latest release of Oracle's server virtualization
software, is now available, enabling customers to accelerate deployment of
and simplify management of enterprise applications; and to run their data
centers in the most environmentally-sustainable and efficient manner, while
lowering costs.
--  Oracle VM 2.2 features the latest Xen-based, industry-standard
hypervisor, Xen 3.4, and provides substantial performance enhancements for
customers running Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 5500 series based on Intel(R)
microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, as well as Six-Core AMD Opteron(TM)
processors.
--  Oracle VM 2.2 features new CPU power management, memory management, and
direct disk I/O capabilities.
--  Additionally, this release delivers on the initial integration of
Oracle VM and Virtual Iron
technology, including the ability for customers to easily migrate Virtual
Iron virtual machines to Oracle VM images.
--  Oracle VM supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications and offers
customers scalable, low-cost server virtualization backed by Oracle's
world-class support.

Enabling Greater Performance

--  By leveraging the latest Xen 3.4 hypervisor and a newer dom0 kernel
based on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3, Oracle VM 2.2 helps provide broader
hardware support, and better performance, scalability and security for both
hardware virtualized and paravirtualized guests.  Performance can be
improved for hardware virtualized guest operating systems including
Microsoft Windows.
--  Oracle VM 2.2 provides updated support for the Oracle Cluster File
System (OCFS2) 1.4 to leverage advanced features such as sparse file
support to enable faster virtual machine provisioning and cloning, and to
allow users more control over file data allocation, improving performance
and storage efficiency.
--  Oracle VM 2.2 adds direct support for multipath storage devices that
can be assigned to virtual machines and enhance performance of clustered
applications.

Green Features, Simplified Management, Cost Savings

--  By leveraging the Xen 3.4 hypervisor, Oracle VM 2.2 also provides more
efficient CPU power management, enabling greener computing and cost
savings.
--  Resource management has been enhanced in Oracle VM 2.2 by allowing
users to set the scheduling priority for virtual CPUs in virtual machines
and cap the maximum percentage of CPU time each individual VM can access.
With this enhancement, users can now control the Quality of Service (QoS)
for CPU, network, and disk I/O through the intuitive Oracle VM Manager
browser interface.
--  Other enhancements to Oracle VM 2.2 include a number of user interface
enhancements, improved high availability with automatic failover of server
pool master agents, and enhanced serviceability and audit features.

Supporting Quotes

--  "The release of Oracle VM 2.2 enables customers to capitalize on the
latest advancements in server virtualization technology to better manage
their virtual environments and reduce both cost and power consumption in
the data center," said Wim Coekaerts, vice president Linux and
Virtualization Engineering, Oracle.  "Additionally, this release further
delivers on Oracle's virtualization roadmap by providing existing Virtual
Iron customers the first phase of a migration path to Oracle VM."
--  "Oracle VM 2.2 enables users to tackle their most demanding Windows and
Oracle Enterprise Linux workloads," according to Margaret Lewis, Director,
Commercial Solutions and Software.  "Its support for the latest server
hardware incorporating the AMD Virtualization(TM) (AMD-V(TM)) technology
found in the Six-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors makes possible the
cost-efficient performance needed to manage their most data intensive
applications."
--  "Customers deploying virtualization want solutions that boost system
performance yet are easy to deploy, saving time and money," said Jim
Ganthier, vice president, marketing, Industry Standard Servers, HP. "Oracle
VM 2.2's virtualization takes advantage of features for HP ProLiant G6
servers, enabling customers to get increased performance from their Windows
and Linux virtual machines, quickly and easily."
--  "Oracle and Intel work closely to ensure that their offerings run
optimally together," said Doug Fisher, vice president, Intel Software and
Services Group, and general manager Systems Software Division.  "With
Intel(R) Architecture optimizations, Oracle VM 2.2 combined with the
Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 5500 series offers outstanding performance and
manageability in virtualized environments to improve IT infrastructure and
reduce costs."

Related Resources

--  Oracle
VM
--  Oracle's
Virtualization Blog
--  Expert Blog: Wim Coekaerts
--  Free Download of Oracle
VM. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply.
--  Oracle VM FAQ
--  Oracle VM Data Sheet
--  Oracle's Commitment to Open Source and Open
Standards

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