FAQ - Oracle Validated Configurations
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Oracle ValidatedConfigurations enable easier, faster, and lower-cost deployment of Linux andOracle VM solutions in the enterprise. The program offers pre-tested, validatedarchitectures, with documented best practices for software, hardware, storage,and network components, to help improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of solutions, with faster, lower-cost implementations. Anindustry-wide, partner-accepted and endorsed program that offers documentedbest practices for virtualized and Linux deployments, Oracle ValidatedConfigurations provide details on what to deploy, how to deploy andrecommendations on hardware and software combinations that have proven to bethe most effective.
there is ahigher level of assurance that these configurations will run well as thesecomponent stacks have undergone a higher amount of stress testing. theserecommendations also reduce testing and discovery efforts for end-users andenable them to deploy solutions more quickly. they help:
（1） Achieve standardization, scalability and reliability with lower cost
（2）Accelerate and simplify deploymentof Oracle on Linux
（3）Lower cost for end-users cost byeliminating need for expensive testing of the stack
（4）Mitigate customer risk
Traditionally,Oracle certifies its products to an operating system, which allows Oracleproducts running on any Linux supported hardware platform to be fully supportedby Oracle. Oracle Validated Configurations go a step further by testing the"complete component stack" and providing recommendations on versions,settings, and fixes for a stack (software, hardware, and storage) based onexperience with running workloads in the Oracle and Partner Linux Test Lab.
No. This issimply best practices documentation based on extensive stack testing. You donot need to pay to get access to this information.
Oracle is partnering with the leadingvendors in each category as outlined below:
（1）Server and Storage: Cisco,Compellent, Dell, Egenera, EMC, Fujitsu, HDS, HP, IBM, Inspur, Huawei, LiquidComputing, NEC, NetApp, Pillar Data, Sun, Unisys
（2）Platform Technology : AMD, Intel
（3）Operating Systems: Oracle Linux,Oracle VM
（4）HBA Drivers: Emulex, QLogic
（5）Networking: Brocade, Cisco Systems
The initialconfigurations will be delivered on some of these partner components.Eventually, we will deliver configurations including all the above partnertechnologies.
oracle is seeingsignificant end-user demand for linux x86-64 architectures and is fullycommitted to developing, advancing and promoting the 64-bit commodity linux.all new chipsets and servers are now being shipped with x86-64 architecture,thereby offering a much wider hardware selection to end-users than some of theother architectures. therefore, oracle has chosen to initially make oraclevalidated configurations available on linux x86-64.
Oracle ValidatedConfigurations always include the latest version of Oracle Database.
The currentvalidated configurations are based on Oracle VM and Oracle Linux 5. Newvalidated configurations will be only based on Oracle Linux with theUnbreakable Enterprise Linux kernel.
The Linuxdistribution choice for a particular Oracle Validated Configuration does notimply that only a specific hardware is suitable for only Oracle Linux or RHEL.
Oracle isoffering these configurations as recommendations and best practices. Along withour partners, we intend to publish a variety of configurations with differenthardware and software combinations, over time. Our intent is to offerwell-tested choices to our users and channel partners. This by no means impliesthat other custom configurations deployed by end-users will not be supported.We will still continue to offer support for all Oracle products certified onLinux regardless of whether someone deployed them using an Oracle ValidatedConfiguration or not.
You will be ableto get support for Oracle Validated Configurations in exactly the same way asyou get support for any other Oracle and partner products today. You will need to buy the appropriate license and support for thevarious components of the stack end-user iis7站长之家 you choose to deploy Oracle ValidatedConfigurations. Oracle and its partners already have joint supportprocesses in place for the joint handling of any customer support issues thatmay come up for Oracle Validated Configurations. The delivery of a complete andintegrated support solution leads to faster problem resolution and reducedsupport costs, which are critical to our customers' success.
The posted filespecifies not just one single server or storage, but a family of servers andstorage. If even that list doesn't include that particular server or storagemodel, you can work directly with that particular hardware vendor to submit therequest.
To find out moreabout Oracle's Validated Configurations offerings, visit the Oracle ValidatedConfigurations homepage onOTN.
Yes, if any ofthe system level software (BIOS, firmware) or drivers (and associated firmwareon HBAs, NICS, and other peripherals) of components of the Oracle ValidatedConfiguration are revised higher than the minimum versions originallypublished, the configuration is still valid and is supported by Oracle and thepartners that assisted in the publication of the VC.