Thu, 15 Aug 2002
ORACLE ANNOUNCES NEW CLUSTERED FILE SYSTEM FOR LINUX
** New Open Source Code For Linux Available On Oracle Technology Network **
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the world's largest enterprise software company, today announced further commitment to
Linux by releasing - for the first time - Oracle source code for a new cluster file system on Linux. Members of Oracle's
online community, Oracle Technology Network (OTN), may immediately download a developer's release from
http://otn.oracle.com. The new cluster file system for Linux will help Oracle9i Real Application Clusters customers
simplify management of clustered database systems. As the first company to offer a commercially available database and
application server for Linux, Oracle today reaffirms its leadership in meeting developer demand for products on Linux
and underscores the company's commitment to Linux as a low-cost, reliable, enterprise ready platform.
"By contributing source code for the Oracle cluster file system under the General Public License, Oracle accelerates the
development of key enterprise-class clustering technologies into the Linux kernel and helps build a truly open solution
in this fast growing area," said Alan Cox, Systems Engineer and Fellow at Red Hat. "This announcement reinforces
Oracle's strong commitment both to Linux and to building the best Internet software available for the open source
community."
According to industry analyst firm International Data Corp. (IDC), Linux is the fastest growing platform and is expected
to grow 174 percent to $5.9 billion by 2006. This projection, along with the high rate of Linux downloads recorded off
OTN show widespread support for Linux among the development community. Software download statistics from OTN echo this
continued momentum. In the past year, requests for Oracle's database and application server software on Linux have
increased twelve-fold. Since its release in June 2002, more than 68,000 copies of Oracle9i Database Release 2 on Linux
have been downloaded from OTN.
"Over the years, Oracle has been working closely with the Linux community to make Linux a scalable and reliable platform
for running enterprise-class databases," said Andrew Mendelsohn, senior vice president of Database Technologies at
Oracle Corporation. "The release of our cluster file system code to the open-source community is another major step in
this direction. We see high demand for our products on Linux and will continue to ensure that all our products run
extremely well on the Linux platform"
** Cluster File System for the Linux Enterprise Oracle's new cluster file system available on the low-cost Linux
platform enables Oracle9i Real Application Clusters customers to easily build and manage files in a clustered
environment. Available with Oracle9i Database Release 2, system administrators now can use semantics to manage large
data files and extend files, while at the same time maintaining high availability, reliability and performance.
Previously, Database Administrators (DBAs) were required to use raw disks to implement Oracle9i Real Application
Clusters on Linux, which proved to more complex and costly.
** Linux Resources Now Available on OTN To date, more than 733,000 downloads of Oracle's technology products for Linux
have been recorded from Oracle's developer network, Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Membership to OTN is free by
visiting http://otn.oracle.com. Developers interested in downloading open source code for the cluster file system on
Linux can do so by visiting the Community Code Service Center on OTN. Members also can visit the Linux Center to
download Oracle's latest database, application server and development tools as well and learn from in-depth expert
technical information on building and deploying enterprise ready systems based on Oracle technology on Linux.
** Availability Members of OTN may immediately download a developer's release of the cluster file system off
http://otn.oracle.com. General availability will be ready within 60 days.
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