Enabling A Services-Led Business
With
Oracle Linux and VM
Aaron Larry Holmberg
Regional Senior Channels Manager
Oracle Linux & Virtualization
Mobile: +65 9423 2365
Email:
[email protected]
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Presentation Agenda
1
Overview
2
Understanding Oracle Linux and Virtualization
3
Value Propositions To Partners for Linux
4
Linux Competitive Analysis
5
Value Propositions To Partners for Virtualization
6
Virtualization Competitive Analysis
7
Summary
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Challenges of a Solution Provider
Control Costs, Maximize
Value, Simplify
How can you:
– Win more projects?
– Maximize profit from each
project?
– Differentiate from competitors?
– Simplify engagement with
customer?
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How Can Oracle Linux & Virtualization BU Assist You?
Building solutions for partners to effectively leverage on
OLOVM BU
Partners
- Relevant Solutions to Customers
- Building services-led biz
- Enterprise-grade OSS
- Subscriptions model
- Independent resources
- High margins
- Constant engagement
- Effective cost to market
Best Collaboration
To
WIN
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Understanding Oracle Linux & Virtualization
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Oracle and Linux
2010
Linux History
at Oracle
Over 15 years of Investments
1998
First Commercial RDBMS
for Linux
2007
Validated Configurations
Launched
2005
On Demand Adopts x64
Linux
OCFS2 Accepted Into
Mainline
9,000 Developers Switch
to Oracle Supported
Linux
2000
First x64 Linux Port
Linux Datacenter
Workloads
2002
2006
Launch of Unbreakable
Linux
Asynch I/O, OCFS v1
2008-9
Btrfs, Xen Contributions
42,000 Oracle Linux
Servers Deployed at
Oracle
Oracle Linux Support
Announced
Oracle Joins Linux
Foundation as Board
Member
Single Use Production
Deployments
Data Warehouse
2011
General Purpose
ERP/CRM
Development Systems
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
Oracle Linux Enhanced
with Mainline-based
Kernel
Oracle Linux Undergoes
80,000 QA Hours Per Day
Exadata Engineered with
Oracle Linux
2008
2014
12,000 customers
OpenStack
announced
Cloud
Computing
Big Data
2012
Support Lifecycle
Extended to 10 Yrs
DTrace GA
7,000 Oracle Linux
Support Customers
Oracle Buys Ksplice
2010
2012
2014
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Oracle: A Complete, Independent Open Source Vendor
Support
QA
Engineering
Product
Marketing
Product
Management
Training
Partner
Services
Consulting
Sales
Documentation
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Overview of Oracle Linux and Virtualization
What Oracle’s Strategy for Customers and Partners
Oracle Linux
Generation of High Services Revenue
Best Enterprise Linux for Oracle
Oracle Linux
Trusted Advisor to Re-Define SOE for Linux
Cost Savings for Enterprise Deployment
Partner’s Success
Customer Engagement
Oracle Virtualization
Effective Solution for Best for Oracle
Oracle Virtualization Virtualizing Oracle
Oracle Virtualization
Trusted Advisor to Re-Define CSI Cloud
Integrated Stack Best for Private for Cloud
Ultimate Aim – Simplify Engagements For Cloud Deployment
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Linux Distributions
Understanding The Truth
For The Record…
• Nobody owns Linux – not Oracle,
not Red Hat, not SUSE
• Linux receives contributions from a
variety of sources representing
hardware and software vendors, as
well as community supporters for a
variety of solutions
• Oracle Linux will focus on features
important to enterprise customers
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Enterprise-Class Open Source Premier Support
• 24x7 global coverage, 145 countries, 29 local languages
• Proactive support program
• Advanced Customer Service Features
• Technical Account Manager (TAM)
• Onsite or remote consulting services
• All 100 of the Fortune 100 user Oracle Support
• Base development platform for almost all Oracle products
• Base platform for our support delivery
• 128,000 compute hours/day testing Oracle products on
Oracle Linux
• More than 42,000 servers run in Linux QA farm
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Tales Of 2 Kernels In Oracle Linux
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) : FAST
Red Hat Compatible
Kernel
Solid State Disk Access
Infiniband RDS messages, single
card (IOPS)
8 Sockets database OLTP
(Transactions/sec)
Gain
197 thousand
1 million
400%
9.5GB/Sec
137%
89 Thousand
273 Thousand
200%
1.8 Million
8KB Flash cache reads (IOPS)
Unbreakable Enterprise
Kernel
4GB/Sec
Benchmark
3.2 Million
75%
Improving Performance that Matters
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Industry-Leading Management & Clustering Tools
Including Features That Matters For Today’s Infrastructure
No Hidden Costs
• OCFS2 and Oracle Clusterware for
high availability
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c for
managing Linux servers
• Oracle Linux Spacewalk Support
• All included at no additional charge
with Basic and Premier Support
• DRDB and XFS for Databases
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Innovations and Unique Features
Including Features That Matters For Today’s Infrastructure
Get More From Your Linux OS
• Zero-downtime kernel diagnostics and
patching with Ksplice
• Advanced Security Features such as
Oracle Database Transparent Data
Encryption and Redaction, Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall
• DTrace provides comprehensive tracing
and diagnostic features
• Linux Containers simplifies the
consolidation of OS and apps
deployments on a single system
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Continuous Availability with KSplice
Providing Requirements for The Modern Data-centers
Zero Downtime Kernel Updates
• Supports multiple Oracle Linux releases and
kernel versions
• Capable of patching a variety of kernel issues
• Easy to apply and rollback updates
• Simple, flexible tools and options for
installing updates
• Proven track record in providing stable
updates for production systems
• Works best with back-porting services
Re-defining Patch Management Strategies for Modern Data-centers
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Oracle Linux Overview
A partner’s perspective
Free to:
• Use and Distribute
• Access to software enhancements, updates,
and errata
Oracle Linux without Support
(Free)
2 Types of Kernels:
• 100% RHEL Kernel: Risk-Free adoption from
RHEL and CentOS
• UEK Kernel: High Performance OS for Oracle
Workloads
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Oracle Linux Overview
A partner’s perspective
Enterprise Manager 12c and Spacewalk 2.0
• Reduce cost of Linux Administration
• Alternative to Red Hat Satellite and better
Comprehensive Protection:
• Full indemnification against intellectual
property claims
Included free with:
Oracle Linux Network Support
(USD 119)
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Oracle Linux Overview
A partner’s perspective
Oracle Clustering: High Availability
• Essential component of DB/Apps Clustering
• Alternative to RHCS and GFS
• Ensuring Business continuity
Oracle Support: Enterprise Linux Support
• 24x7 telephone and web support; One
Number to Call
Included free with:
Oracle Linux Basic Support
(USD 1,199)
Oracle Linux Basic Ltd
(USD 499)
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Oracle Linux Overview
A partner’s perspective
Ksplice
• Improving Application Up-time
• Security compliances within Ops Protocol
Premier Back-Porting Services
• No force OS upgrade for Legacy or Bespoke
Apps
Scalable File System (XFS)
• Designed for high scalability and provides
near native I/O performance for large data
Included free with:
Oracle Linux Premier Support
(USD 2,299)
Oracle Linux Premier Ltd
(USD 1,399)
Available for OpenStack
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Reality Of Today’s Virtualization Strategy
Have We Really Transformed IT?
• Applications & Lifecycle not
Business Applications
fully integrated
OpenStack
• Network layer in physical
App Server
configuration
• Multi management consoles
Oracle Database
Management
Console
• Complex combination of
multi vendors solution and
VMware, Hyper-V
support
Commodity x86 Servers
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