Oracle Linux – Human Design for Oracle Licenses

Overview

Oracle Linux is a 100% Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) compatible Linux OS.

Two types of kernels can be selected at boot time:

1) Red Hat Enterprise Kernel (RHCK), fully RHEL-compatible
2) Unbreakable Enterprise Linux Kernel (UEK) optimally tuned for Oracle products.

Features

01. Operational costs can be reduced by up to 50%!

In general, the cost of Linux maintenance is about 5% of the server cost. Migrating from a Red Hat environment has a cost saving of more than 50%.

02. Strong 24/7 support

By using it together with Oracle products, you can realize a centralized point of contact for support. We will distinguish between Oracle product issues and OS issues.

03. No OS reinstallation required!

It is also possible to provide support as-is without reinstalling Red Hat or CentOS servers on 0racle Linux.

Service content

service content	Linux Basic	Linux Premier	Remarks
Support after major version EOL	Need to upgrade	Sustaining	Premier will support Sustaining after EOL and support will continue.
support response time	24 hours/365 days	24 hours/365 days
Sales escalation	○	○
DTrace	○	○	System information acquisition function
Spacewalk	○	○	Linux system management solutions
XFS	○	○	Default file system in Oracle Linux 7
Oracle Container Runtime for Docker	○	○
Oracle Linux load balancer (HAProxy and Keepalived)	○	○
Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux	○	○
Oracle Ksplice	×	○	Release patches that can be applied without stopping the system for critical vulnerabilities
Oracle Linux high availability services (Corosync and Pacemaker)	×	○
Oracle Linux software collections	×	○
NEW! Oracle Container Services for use with Kubernetes	×	○	Kubernetes support
NEW! Oracle Linux Storage Appliance	×	○	Stores OCI images
NEW! Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager	×	○	Ovirt support
NEW! Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux	×	○

Oracle Linux/Oracle VM Technical Support Policy [Oracle Corporation]

FAQ

If Red Hat Enterprise Linux is offered bundled with third-party hardware, is it possible to switch to Oracle for OS support only?

You can switch without any problems.

In such cases, Oracle will cut out the OS part to provide 24/365 support and complete patch fixes.

In the unlikely event that the hardware is not certified for Oracle Linux, we will adjust it to be certified with the hardware vendor via Oracle’s HQ.

I am currently using a Red Hat-compatible application, will it not cause problems if I switch only OS support to Oracle?

Oracle has released the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) and is committed to providing full support and patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux itself.

In the unlikely event that the relevant application is not certified for Oracle Linux, we will adjust and negotiate for it to be certified with the relevant software vendor via Oracle’s HQ. In the first place, Oracle products are only validated on Oracle Linux, so the RHEL Oracle DBs existing in the world are only paper certified without operational validation.

Where do the patches come from?

The customer will be provided with the errata modified by Oracle from the following ULN site. The patches will be filed and shared using RH’s bugzilla.

Is the source code the same? Is it compatible with RHEL add-on products?Where do the patches come from?

Some of the items are the same and some have been changed. Changes are related to branding, trademark use, or changes to the user interface.

However, some bug fixes found by Oracle may have been added.

In addition, add-on products other than RHEL’s OS main body (JBOSS, High Availability, Resilient Storage, etc.) do not provide equivalent binary compatible packages as OLs.