It's been nearly four years since we launched the Unbreakable Linux support program and with it the free Oracle Enterprise Linux software. Since then, we've built up an extensive ecosystem of hardware and software partners. Oracle works directly with these vendors to ensure joint customers can run Oracle Enterprise Linux.

As Oracle Enterprise Linux is fully--both source and binary--compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), there is minimal work involved for software and hardware vendors to test their products with it. We develop our software on Oracle Enterprise Linux and perform full certification testing on Oracle Enterprise Linux as well. Due to the compatibility between Oracle Enterprise Linux and RHEL, Oracle also certifies its software for use on RHEL, without any additional testing.

Oracle Enterprise Linux tracks RHEL by publishing freely downloadable installation media on edelivery.oracle.com/linux and updates, bug fixes and security errata on Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). At the same time, Oracle's Linux kernel team is shaping the future of enterprise Linux distributions by developing technologies and features that matter to customers who deploy Linux in the data center, including file systems, memory management, high performance computing, data integrity and virtualization. All this work is contributed to the Linux and Xen communities.

The list below is a sample of the partners who have certified their products with Oracle Enterprise Linux. If you're interested in certifying your software or hardware with Oracle Enterprise Linux, please contact us via [email protected]

Chip Manufacturers

• Intel, Intel Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance
• AMD

Server vendors

• Cisco Unified Computing System
• Dawning
• Dell
• Egenera
• Fujitsu
• HP
• Huawei
• IBM
• NEC
• Sun/Oracle

Storage Systems, Volume Management and File Systems

• 3Par
• Compellent
• EMC VPLEX
• FalconStor
• Fusion-io
• Hitachi Data Systems
• HP Storage Array Systems
• Lustre
• Network Appliance
• OCFS2
• PillarData
• Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation

Networking: Switches, Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), Converged Network Adapters (CNAs), InfiniBand

• Brocade
• Emulex
• Mellanox
• QLogic
• Voltaire

SOA and Middleware

• ActiveState ActivePerl, ActivePython
• Tibco
• Zend

Backup, Recovery & Replication

• Arkeia Network Backup Suite
• BakBone NetVault
• CommVault Simpana 8
• EMC Networker, Replication Manager
• FalconStor Continuous Data Protector
• HP Data Protector
• NetApp Snapmanager
• Quest LiteSpeed Engine
• Steeleye Data Replication, Disaster Recovery
• Symantec NetBackup, Veritas Volume Replicator, Symantec Backup Exec
• Zmanda Amanda Enterprise

Data Center Automation

• BMC
• CA Unicenter
• HP Server Automation (formerly Opsware), System Management Homepage
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
• Quest Vizioncore vFoglight Pro
• TeamQuest Manager

Clustering & High Availability

• FUJITSU x10sure
• NEC Express Cluster X
• Steeleye Lifekeeper
• Symantec Cluster Server
• Univa UniCluster

Virtualization Platforms and Cloud Providers

• Amazon EC2
• Citrix XenServer
• Rackspace Cloud
• VirtualBox
• VMWare ESX

Security Management

• ArcSight: Enterprise Security Manager, Logger
• CA Access Control
• Centrify Suite
• Ecora Auditor
• FoxT Manager
• Likewise: Unix Account Management
• Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite
• QualysGuard Suite
• Quest Privilege Manager
• McAfee Application Control, Change ControlIntegrity Monitor, Integrity Control, PCI Pro
• Solidcore S3
• Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)
• Tripwire
• Trusted Computer Solutions