Oracle offers Linux system recommendations
To lower support costs and make customers feel more comfortable with open-source software, Oracle announced a new program Monday to let its users know which Linux system configurations the vendor has pre-tested. Oracle's Validated Configurations program covers software, hardware, storage, and networking stacks for running Linux.
Customers can download a short document containing a list of the system configurations Oracle has pretested along with documented best practices from the Oracle Technology Network.
The idea is to help customers speed up the deployment of Linux systems, said Wim Coekaerts, director of Linux engineering at Oracle. If the program is successful, it should also drive down support costs for Oracle. "Very often customers call us with problems caused by misconfigurations," he said.
Coekaerts stressed that the Validated Configurations program should be seen as providing recommendations to Oracle customers, not laying down the law on what systems they should deploy.
