Dave Dargo Vice President Linux Program Office Oracle

Dave Dargo Vice President Linux Program Office Oracle Corporation

Oracle’s Linux Strategy And Roadmap

Linux Retrospective Ÿ Making Linux ready for the enterprise – – – Code changes Certification changes Support changes Industry changes Implementation changes Ÿ Long process over the past three years with our partners

Reference Points Ÿ Oracle provides direct fixes to the Linux kernel via unique support relationships with Red Hat and Su. SE Ÿ Oracle develops many of the features that find their way into the Linux kernel Ÿ Oracle is transforming itself into a Linux company Ÿ Oracle is the largest technology company fully adopting Linux

Then and Now March 2002 September 2003 No enterprise-class Linux distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Su. SE SLES 8 No enterprise-class technical support Integrated, single point of technical support from Oracle; code level support for the entire stack Few ISV Apps Over 3500 ISVs on Oracle/Linux Few downloads Over a Million downloads of Oracle products on Linux Mostly tire-kicking among customer base Marquee references, e. g. Merrill Lynch, Amazon. com, Electronic Arts; widespread interest No internal adoption Running our business on Linux Opportunistic Strategic partnerships with Red Hat and United. Linux

World Record 4 -way TPC-C Oracle on Linux beats SQL Server on Windows on both performance and price! Oracle on HP Computers Source: Transaction Processing Council, as of September 5, 2003: HP Integrity rx 5670, 136, 110. 97 tpm. C, $4. 09/tpm. C, available 12/31/03. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 EE 64 bit, HP Integrity rx 5670, 121, 065 tpm. C, $4. 79/tpm. C, available 8/1/03.

World Record 4 -way TPC-R World Record on 4 -way Linux systems Oracle on Dell Computers Source: www. tpc. org. As of October 11, 2002, Oracle 9 i Database, Release 2, Enterprise Edition on Dell Power. Edge 6600, 4 -way SMP, Intel Xeon MP, 1. 6 GHz, 1 MB L 3 cache, 4 GB main memory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2. 1

World Record Linux Sj. AS 2002 Oracle BEAT BEA on identical hardware both performance and price! Oracle on HP Computers Source: SPEC, as of September 8, 2003: www. spec. org, all in Multi. Node Category: Oracle Application Server 10 g, 1, 165. 06 TOPS@Multiple. Node, $150. 67 US$/TOPS@Multiple. Node. BEA Web. Logic 8. 1 SP 1 on HP DL 360, 1, 037. 02 TOPS@Multiple. Node, $200. 34 US$/TOPS@Multiple. Node.

World Record Dual. Node Sj. AS 2002 Oracle BEAT BEA on both performance and price with half the CPUs ! Oracle on HP Computers Source: SPEC, as of September 8, 2003: www. spec. org, all in Multiple. Node Category: Oracle Application Sever 10 g on HP ML 370 G 3 cluster, 431. 26 TOPS@Multiple. Node, $160. 62 $US/TOPS@Multiple. Node. BEA Web. Logic Server 7. 0 on HP-UX using HP rx 5670, 408. 02 TOPS@Multiple. Node, 1075. 17 $US/TOPS@Multiple. Node.

Best Price on Sj. AS 2002 Oracle on HP Computers Source: SPEC, as of September 8, 2003: www. spec. org, best price-performance, Multiple. Node category: Oracle Application Server 10 g, 1, 165. 06 TOPS@ Multiple. Node, $150. 67 US$/TOPS @ Multiple. Node. BEA Web. Logic 8. 1 SP 1 on HP DL 360, 1, 037. 02 TOPS @ Multiple. Node, $200. 34 US$/TOPS @Multiple. Node. Web. Sphere 5. 0. 1. Application Server on e. Server x. Series 360 cluster, 448. 12 TOPS @ Multiple. Node, $647. 52 US$/TOPS @ Multiple. Node.

Common Question When will Linux be ready for the enterprise?

“Linux has hit a tipping point where it is good enough for most workloads on commodity hardware. ” Ted Schadler Forrester Research, May 2003

Oracle on Linux: In The Enterprise

Common Question It’s enterprise capable, but what’s next?

Consolidation and Standardization Consolidate Standardize Automate

Islands of Computation

What Is Your Standard? Oracle 7. 3. 4 Solaris Oracle 8 i Oracle 9 i HP-UX TRU-64

Current Inventory Oracle 7. 3. 4 Solaris Oracle 8 i Oracle 9 i HP-UX TRU-64

Standard Selection Oracle Apps Oracle Linux Oracle Linux People. Soft SAP Oracle Custom Apps Oracle Linux

The Grid

Then and Now March 2002 September 2003 No enterprise-class Linux distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Su. SE SLES 8 No enterprise-class technical support Integrated, single point of technical support from Oracle; code level support for the entire stack Few ISV Apps Over 3500 ISVs on Oracle/Linux Few downloads Over a Million downloads of Oracle products on Linux Mostly tire-kicking among customer base Marquee references, e. g. Merrill Lynch, Amazon. com, Electronic Arts; widespread interest No internal adoption Running our business on Linux Opportunistic Strategic partnerships with Red Hat and United. Linux

Now and Next September 2003 Next Steps Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Su. SE SLES 8 Continued deployment of standard distributions Integrated, single point of technical support from Oracle; code level support for the entire stack Automated analysis and prevention of known problems through production assessments Over 3500 ISVs on Oracle/Linux Complete product offerings on Oracle/Linux Over a Million downloads of Oracle products on Linux Ubiquitous distribution and availability Marquee references, e. g. Merrill Lynch, Amazon. com, Electronic Arts; widespread interest Broad acceptance and no need for “Linux” references Running our business on Linux Completion of the grid Strategic partnerships with Red Hat and United Linux Industry-wide acceptance of standard distributions

Key Areas of Development Ÿ Management Ÿ Graceful degradation Ÿ CPU and memory scalability Ÿ Cluster management Ÿ Diagnostics and problem avoidance

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