Oracle Linux Reviews

The most valuable feature for us with Oracle's Linux product is the online kernel patching.

It gives us the ability to cover kernel bugs by using Oracle Ksplice online patching. The best part is that we can do this whole process without any unnecessary downtime.

In terms of improvement, from my experience the documentation and resources are not complete and I sometimes have to refer to Red Hat for Linux documentation.

Also, because we use HP servers, the drivers for Oracle Linux are not complete yet.

I've been using Oracle Linux for about four years.

I've had no issues with the deployment.

I've had no issues with the stability.

There have been no issues scaling it for my needs.

I'd say that technical support is good.

For the initial setup, you need some expertise to configure a good and stable system.

I perform all Oracle Linux implementations myself. The most important point that I've found is to plan, plan, plan, and then deploy.

The price is good.

New infrastructure for Oracle databases: deployment of several database environments with no issues and in a faster way.

Speed, simplicity, and performance. Every DBA and OS administrator like the simple fact that one RPM install can be very powerful and can configure all prereqs.

Simplicity and agility to deploy Oracle Database configurations with a single RPM and custom tweaks on Oracle Linux kernel.

Improve performance and integration with new releases without affecting the ability and stability of the system.

KSPlice feature that allows you to install kernel updates within a live environment without downtime.

Less downtime during updates installations.

The documentation of the product can be improved. It often lacks a lot of documentation, but so do a lot of Oracle solutions.

I am not the end customer, but I have been supporting the product for a year now.

No issues encountered during deployment. Very smooth deployment

There were a few stability issues because of the hardware that we used. For the most part, it is a very stable solution.

There were no scalability issues.

I do the technical support with the help of Oracle.

The setup was a straightforward implementation.

The product is a part of an Oracle Enterprise Solution. You only pay for support to use the product. It is a free product.

We wanted to implement a virtualized environment under the Oracle VM for x86. This was the right product for that, so we did not look at any other products.

It is a great product to have. It is even better to run it on Oracle hardware.

It's a solution that enables us to deploy a valid distribution of Linux. Regarding looking around for a valid patch, and support, so we can sleep well at night with this release.

The idea is to have something that is coming directly from the vendor, instead of having trouble looking around for solutions. We are supported directly from Oracle and this means we can achieve better stuff.

What is missing on this operating system, but it's missing on any Linux flavor, are the clustering capabilities of Solaris. The best clustering solution is on Solaris. Having this kind of feature also on the Linux side would be a good idea. 

No, problems. A year’s running without problems.

At the moment, for us, this is not important for us because we designed the solution in a proper way. Today I'm not facing this kind of problem.

For sure, choosing a vendor that has been around a long time is important for us. The relationship with the vendor is important, because if you have to run a business on top of this operating system, you need to be sure; you don't want to have nightmares, because production is first of all. Then, all the other stuff.

The stability and security of the product is at the top of its class. These features are really the most valuable for us in our experience with it.

We wanted to move to a Linux operating system for our backend servers, and we used Oracle Linux to successfully do that.

We would like Oracle to add more functionality in terms of the GUI. There are more things we'd like to be able to do straight from the GUI itself.

We used this solution as a prerequisite for deployment of a Keyword driven Automation Framework (Oracle Flow Builder).

There were no issues with the deployment.

The stability was great. We haven't had any issues with instability.

We had no issues scaling it for our needs.

Customer service has been good in our experience.

Technical support has been good in our experience.

The initial setup was complex in a Linux environment compared to setting up on a Windows OS.

We implemented it through our own in-house team.

Since it is open source, you'll have a great ROI.

We had previously tried Red Hat Linux but stuck with Oracle Linux for our installation of other native Oracle products.

My advice would be to follow instructions and have a Linux technician at hand. You could try to install it in a sandbox before using it in a production machine.