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What is Oracle Linux?
Oracle Linux, which is application binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is free to download, use, and share. There is no license cost, no need for a contract, and no usage audits. 24/7 enterprise-grade support is available for business critical environments. A single support offering includes virtualization, management, HA, and cloud native computing tools such as Kubernetes and Kata Containers, along with the Linux operating system. The vendor states that as the only Linux distribution with zero-downtime automated patching for kernel, hypervisor, and critical user-space libraries, Oracle Linux improves performance of all workloads and is optimized–out of the box–for Oracle software. Autonomous Linux, a self-patching, self-tuning, high-performance implementation of Oracle Linux is available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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- Supported: Zero-downtime automated patching for kernel, hypervisor, and critical user-space libraries
- Supported: Optimized–out of the box–for Oracle software
- Supported: A single support offering includes Linux, virtualization, management, HA, and cloud native computing tools
- Supported: Available on premises, in the cloud, and as Autonomous Linux
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October 16, 2023
Why you should switch from CentOS to Oracle Linux
When the end of life was announced for CentOS 8, we switched some of our environments to Oracle Linux 8, as this seemed like the path of least resistance. Having previously used Oracle Linux 6, we knew that the migration would run smoothly and that everything we loved about CentOS would remain. Oracle Linux gives us the certainty of stability that we once had with CentOS--a certainty that we are not sure is there with CentOS Stream.
- CentOS/RHEL compatibility is top notch.
- The migration script is very easy to use.
- Oracle Linux has been freely available since version 6, so there is the confidence that it will remain that way.
- The repositories seem slower than the CentOS repositories.
- It is poorly marketed to the wider enterprise Linux community.
- Oracle's aggressive reputation does make some customers nervous about selecting it.
May 17, 2022
Perfect
I have installed Oracle 11,12 on Oracle Linux for banking core software DB and the only problem was getting updates from the source because of restrictions.
- Stable
- Reliable
- Fast
- Very user friendly and smooth to work with and many documents
- Handy
- User friendly
- Available documents
- The main data base of many banks are on it and running very wel
May 16, 2022
Oracle Linux my way to go
We use Oracle Linux for containerization and hosting services. At our clients, we use it for applications hosting with Nginx, Apache, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. At the moment it is one of the most stable Linux distros out there and it helps to solve a lot of problems regarding unstable packages. One of the most important factors is that it is free for everything you want.
- Database hosting
- Dockerization
- Webhosting
- Print serving
- Firewall with Nat iptables
- Installation faster
- More security profiles when installing
- Info in the installation interface for beginners
May 16, 2022
Very happy to use Oracle Linux.
For some clients, Oracle Linux is used mostly to run Oracle Database as single (whether using ASM - HAS or filesystems) instances and in some cases, it runs Oracle RAC or even to run simply Oracle client to attend to applications or observer for configurations with Oracle Data Guard. It´s also very easy to get support for Oracle Linux.
- Good performance for Oracle databases.
- Easy to deploy Oracle databases.
- It could be installed with Oracle ASMLIB already in it.
- Contain a tool to prepare server to have Oracle Database installed.
May 13, 2022
Oracle Linux insights
In my organization, we already use Oracle Linux, as experiments, for projects with Zabbix, Grafana, Syslog server, IPAM, and Elastic Stack. The goal was a closer approach to Oracle Linux and to use it as an alternative to replacing CentOs. The documentation is very well prepared and we had no difficulties in making these POCs.
- Zabbix
- Grafana
- Syslog
- The limited knowledge base on the Oracle website sometimes could make it difficult for tshoot.
- The user's interface could be improved to attract more user's engagement.
- The Oracle Linux, needs to offer support to more packages.
April 24, 2022
ORACLE LINUX REVIEW 2022 -- A Performance Beast
In my current organization, I am the lead consultant for a Healthcare Client in the UK. So, we had to design, create and implement a top-class robust solution for the Infrastructure implementation. We chose Oracle Linux as an operating system as it is the best out there. Most of our java based applications which are very critical in Hospital management like Prescription generation, audit, Salary management, Staff management, and a lot more are built on top of Oracle Linux as it provides capabilities of RHEL along with the usability of Oracle databases. The blazing fast speed of oracle Linux handles our server load fluently and helps us run a smooth operation -24*7.
- Oracle Linux helps run native databases on the same operating systems that they were developed on.
- Docker and Kubernetes support.
- Oracle Linux is so powerful that you can patch the vulnerabilities faster than 74% of the organizations.
- The support provided by oracle guys is one of the best.
- All the traditional Linux commands are supported.
- The limited knowledge base on the Oracle website sometimes makes it difficult for troubleshooting.
- Some bugs are observed while working with the GUI . That needs to be fixed urgently.
- There is a scope of improvement in kernel-level configuration.
- The license cost is little on the higher side.
April 24, 2022
Oracle Linux is Here and Its Here to STAY!!
As a budding startup in the 5g sector, we are looking to innovate, scale, and automate. The flexibility, agility, and robustness of Oracle Linux make it a brilliant fit for handling infrastructure loads during deployments in Dev/Test servers along with customer load in production servers as well. Definitely recommended.
- Cloud applications/docker and Kubernetes support is one of the best.
- Highly reliable and excellent performance.
- The similarity with the linux commands and Hierarchy makes it fairly easy to use.
- The user interface is good but needs to improve for user engagement.
- Now need to develop as a cross-functional product with compatibility with other OS like Windows and Mac. This is currently missing from the product.
- License cost is little on a higher side.
March 31, 2022
Oracle Linux is one of the best.
Used to host our Applications and Webservers. The enterprise support is very good even during odd or out-of-office hours. We have hosted multiple applications on these servers including Database servers.
- High Performance.
- Good Support.
- Multiple Budget Options.
- Security.
- Providing more robust solutions.
- Clearing issues with the Disk Mounts.
March 17, 2022
Works as good as it was sold to us.
We purchased 12 Exadata appliances and used two more intermediate servers to support data administration and backup activities. Altogether there are 14 servers that use Oracle Linux in a critical environment and in relation to the database. The stability of Oracle and the ease of the commands commonly used in Linux provide an excellent opportunity to combine the best of both worlds.
- Usual linux comand syntax
- Ease of patching
- kernel stability
- The licensing is expensive.
- Oracle Linux, needs to support more packages.
- Zabbix is not recommended for install on Exadata Servers
March 02, 2022
Replace Solaris Unix with Oracle Linux
The main use case for using Oracle Linux was to save millions of dollars migrating from Solaris UNIX. The use of Oracle Linux Cloud provides scalability and a more accurate allocation of resources. Oracle Linux also provides high performance and secure operating environment. Most importantly, Oracle Linux is supported across both hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Oracle Linux installation and setup is quick and easy with minimal downtime.
- Oracle Linux provides integrated suite of Linux optimized tools.
- Oracle Linux patching is automated and does not require rebooting.
- The learning curve for using Oracle Linux is much less than expected and zero time if you already know UNIX.
- Oracle Linux does not fully support the open source community.
- The Oracle Linux documentation for support is lacking and often non-existent.
- Oracle Linux needs to support more packages.
- Oracle Linux GUI compatibility needs improvement and expanding.
I am an Oracle Specialist Pre-Sales and I recommend Oracle Linux for my customers, on my past jobs I worked with Oracle Linux and I love it.
- Huge pages.
- IO scheduler.
- Limits.d.
- Oracle ERPs.
- Oracle clusters.
February 21, 2022
Edge of Oracle Linux
Our supply chain product uses various platform that is hosted on different OSs like Unix, Linux, Windows. Earlier it was supported on Red Hat Linux but some clients preferred Oracle Linux. We tested the binary for Oracle Linux whether that will support the various supply chain products and it worked amazingly smoothly. We had a seamless transition to the new platform. I can recommend it to anyone.
- Portability
- Multitasking
- Security
- UI access
- Email feature
- Virtualization
February 11, 2022
Very Good OS
Because of the stability of the system and the tests before releasing the patches to final versions, the system could be vulnerable until the tests have passed.
- Performance
- Security
- Kernel optimization
- App compatibility
February 10, 2022
Oracle Linux is obvious choice for Oracle DB
Oracle Linux is a simple choice to run Oracle databases for many business solutions. It's a stable Linux supported by the same vendor as Oracle RDBMS.
- Oracle Linux is a stable and reliable OS based on RHEL.
- Compatible with Oracle DB and well supported by Oracle.
- Manageability and Security.
- Easier upgrades between major releases.
February 01, 2022
Ready to run databases in Oracle
We use Oracle Linux when it's important to a vendor's details for their activity, so we don't involve it as much as usual Red Hat Linux, although it works important enough for activity, updates, etc. basically Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and updates can be accessed when regular Red Hat updates are delivered.
- Support costs are lower than Red Hat
- It comes pre-built to run Oracle
- It's great to have for an Oracle dataset server
- It's more confusing than Windows
- If you want to use it on CentOS for example, the kernel is not compatible
- It does not have a very friendly interface
January 31, 2022
Oracle Linux Customer Review
We use it as a primary DB for many internal critical applications. Some of the details about usage are classified but I can say that we use it for major real-time applications and managing the military data.
- Index usage
- Durabillity
- Atomicy
- Partitioning
- High availability
- Goldengate
- Ora explanations
- Logs
- GUI
January 29, 2022
Advantages of Oracle Linux
I first came across the Oracle Linux product when I was working for an Oracle partner Technology company. It was mainly used for training professionals in data administration such as Oracle database Administration Workshop I, Workshop II, Oracle Database 11g - Data Guard Administration, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and security courses. Every command was run on top of this Linux distribution.
- Shell Scripting
- System Administration
- Database Administration
- User management
- Slower than other Linux ( Say Linux mint, Ubuntu).
- Lack of technical support.
- Difficult to troubleshoot.
January 17, 2022
The power of Linux
I’ve used oracle to perform daily ongoing business operations. It was good for [the] deployment of a new project and also awesome at registering client [systems] whether being a physical server or virtual machine guests. the only problem [that came from] a business point of view is the knowledge that people had about Oracle products, however, we tried our best to train our employees to overcome it.
- Client Registering
- Administration
- Patching
- Security auditing
- Configuration management
- Information sharing
- Knowledge base
- Custom support based on different domains.
- Scheduled deployment.
January 13, 2022
Oracle Linux
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We use Oracle Linux 8.5 to host the Oracle Database 19c. The customer is a food company and they have several silos across the South America, so we need an trustable OS with high availability and performance and Oracle Linux is providing this to us.
- Performance.
- Easy maintenance and handling.
- High availability.
- All in place.
- SFTP is native.
- Security is better than other OS.
- Oracle Database installation is easy.
- Database works better than on Windows.
January 06, 2022
centos will do the trick at no cost
we use oracle Linux only for production Oracledb. we have an Exadata which runs OEL.
- It's stable
- Fully customizable
- Like any other Linux
- Kernel upgrade switch module included at no additional cost.
January 05, 2022
Perfect solutions
I use it as the main system of Database and Communication. There are so many functions that need to be implemented related to the end-user.
- Security
- Data
- Communication
- Browsing
- Storage
- Internet connection
- Remote support
January 04, 2022
Unbreakable and trusted partner OS
Not officially but for personal usage and some testing purposes. Personally, I am using Oracle Linux for virtualization and container development, and testing studies. I also have experience with new releases
- Unbreakable
- Trusted
- Flexible
- more container features
January 04, 2022
Oracle Linux is my favorite OS
Oracle Linux is the operating system used for most our servers. It is used to address 90% of all aspects of our operation. It is vital.
- Updates
- Up-time
- Performance
- Better repositories
- Better support documentation
- Oracle Linux should have a different name, it is hard to search in the web.
January 03, 2022
My best experience with Oracle Linux
We use Oracle Linux as a database server. We decide to use Oracle Linux to solve performance issues related [to] other kernel versions and [databases]. We started to use Oracle Linux as our ERP database and we gained a lot of performance increasing the customer experience.
- Performance
- Database Compatibility
- Fine Tuning
- Support
- Kernel modules
- Storage Compatibility
- Log Debug
January 03, 2022
Oracle Linux review
We are using Oracle Linux to host our monitoring tools in one of our datacenters, we used it because we already have a good background with the Oracle support team and OEL is certified by our applications. OEL gave us the ability to customize some modules to be able to run our applications in higher performance and as it's compatible with RHEL binaries, we were able to use a lot of built-in tools to monitor and customize the OS itself.
- resource management
- virtualizations drivers are very fast and compatible with RHEL binaries
- it can be patched without reboot
- OEL Support team responding very fast and able to help us in short time
- feature upgrades is very slow compared with RHEL
- there is no community support or shared Ops knowledge base, you have to raise a ticket for every issue
- the documentation need to be updated and improved