Oracle(R) Cluster File System Release 2 to be Freely Distributed With Mainline
Linux Kernel
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on the
company's long-term commitment to the Linux and open source community, Oracle
(Nasdaq: ORCL) today announced that its enterprise-class cluster file system
has been accepted into the mainline Linux kernel. As the first cluster file
system to be distributed with the Linux kernel, Oracle(R) Cluster File System
2 (OCFS Release 2) provides users with an open source alternative to
proprietary cluster file systems.
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"This is a vital contribution to the open source community," said Andrew
Morton, Linux 2.6 kernel maintainer. "The endorsement of OCFS 2 by the Linux
community represents a significant milestone for Oracle and demonstrates how
Oracle's continued contributions are driving adoption of open source
technologies."
By distributing OCFS Release 2 through the mainline Linux kernel and major
Linux distributors, such as Novell, Oracle reaffirms its commitment to sharing
technology that benefits the larger Linux community. OCFS Release 2 will be
included in the mainline Linux kernel 2.6.16 and is already supported on the
SUSE Linux Enterprise platform from Novell and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Novell is a contributor to the OCFS open source project. OCFS Release 2 is
included as a standard component in the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution,
thus enabling customers to quickly and easily deploy a cluster file management
solution when they install Linux in their enterprise. Fedora Core 5 is also
based on the mainline Linux kernel 2.6.16 and therefore ships with OCSF
Release 2.
"Oracle Cluster File System Release 2 delivers significant cluster file
management improvements that help our customers reduce IT costs without
compromising quality or performance," said Roger Levy, vice president and
general manager of Open Platform Solutions for Novell. "With OCSF2 as part of
the mainline kernel, the broader Linux community wins. Novell has made OCSF2
part of our SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution to give our customers a pre-
integrated environment to help them deploy their resources more effectively."
Designed to work as a seamless addition to the Linux kernel, OCFS Release
2 significantly eases system management while improving performance. It
enables all nodes in a cluster to concurrently access a given file system,
allowing for simplified management of databases that are shared across a
cluster. OCFS Release 2 also includes expanded capabilities to run non-
database, standard file system operations, providing additional value as a
general-purpose file management system.
"We are very pleased and encouraged with the endorsement by the Linux
community," said Wim Coekaerts, senior director of Linux engineering, Oracle.
"This milestone is yet another proof point of Oracle's dedication to the Linux
and open source community. We are committed to contributing code and making
open source technologies, like Linux, even more robust."
Since introducing the first database to run on Linux in 1998, Oracle has
been committed to furthering Linux adoption across the enterprise. Support has
been a hallmark of Oracle's Linux organization since June 2002, when Oracle
began providing integrated support for the entire software platform, including
the Linux operating system. Currently, customers from around the globe tap
Oracle for 24/7 technical support for Oracle on Linux. Oracle's Linux Kernel
Group is dedicated to working with Linux vendors and the open source community
to provide fixes and develop new functionality to benefit the Linux users.
Availability
OCFS Release 2 is offered for free under the terms of the General Public
Use license and GNU public license. Download and additional information can
be found here:
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/
http://kernel.org (by downloading the Linux Kernel)
http://www.novell.com/linux
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