Oracle VM 3.0启动

我的同事布莱恩·巴比诺（Brian Babineau）有机会参加OracleVM 3.0启动该公司概述其“应用程序驱动的虚拟化”策略和解决方案组合。尽管我个人没有挖掘整个公告的细节（对于任何虚拟化来说都是忙碌的时间），但我想分享一些Brian的想法并提供一些快速分析。一旦我从VMWorld返回，我将有更多在Oracle VM 3.0上提供的，尤其是如果我们的实验室团队有机会在行动中进行测试。从Oracle的消息传递“应用程序驱动的虚拟化”的潜台词中，该公司不想被视为您的Vanilla Hypervisor甚至是“水平”虚拟化平台。甲骨文的使命是为关键任务应用环境实现虚拟化（人们很容易将该短语稍微改变为“任务至关重要的任务Oracle申请。”）。Oracle对帮助客户只能实现物理服务器合并/更高的CPU利用率或移动虚拟机以获得更好的可用性（您的标准虚拟化好处）。Oracle’s goal is to deliver those benefits and drive application (and all core components: databases, web servers, firewalls, etc.) more efficient provisioning, performance, upgrades, change management, and availability in ERP, CRM, HCM, SCM, and all of the other three-letter acronym applications. The strategy is not surprising given that Oracle’s heritage, but it also may be very timely. According to ESG’s Server Virtualization Maturity Model, many organizations have yet to include mission-critical applications in their virtualization deployments. ESG research indicates that application support on virtualized platforms, performance, security, IT organizational alignment, and IT skill sets remain top barriers to adoption. As far as specifics go, Brian did rave about the Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder which enables users to create a series of linked/connected application components running in virtual machines. Each virtual machine is created using a template which also includes information about the connection to the other application components. If anything happens to one or all of the components, the virtual machine(s) can be recreated with a few simple clicks within Virtual Machine Manager or the Virtual Machine Manager plug-in to Oracle Enterprise Manager. Provisioning redundant or test and development environments or rebuilding an application component is now plausible within minutes and without many operational headache. We will provide additional analysis later, but give Oracle credit for segmenting the virtualization market (just as ESG did) and recognizing where the next opportunity is.