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'''Oracle VM Server for x86''' is the server [[Platform virtualization|virtualization]] offering from [[Oracle Corporation]]. Oracle VM Server for x86 incorporates the [[free and open-source]] [[Xen]] [[hypervisor]] technology, supports [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[Oracle Solaris]]<ref>{{cite web

| url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35328_01/E35329/html/vmrns-guest-os.html

| title = Oracle VM Server Release Notes, Release 3.2.1

| accessdate = 2014-02-07

| publisher = Oracle Corp.

}}</ref> guests and includes an integrated Web based management console. Oracle VM Server for x86 features fully tested and certified [[Oracle Applications]] stack in an enterprise virtualization environment.<ref>{{cite web

| url = http://www.oracle.com/technologies/virtualization/index.html

| title = Oracle VM

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Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.<ref>[https://edelivery.oracle.com/oraclevm Welcome to the Oracle E-Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM]</ref> Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM Release 3.2 in January 2013.

==Components==

==Oracle VM components==

* Oracle VM Manager: web based management console to manage Oracle VM Servers.

* Oracle VM Server: includes a version of [[Xen]] hypervisor technology, and the Oracle VM Agent to communicate with Oracle VM Manager for management of virtual machines. It also includes a minimized Linux kernel as [[Dom0]].

==Versions==

==Oracle VM versions==

* Current stable Release is OVM 3.3.

* Oracle VM 3.3 has a lot of internal improvements and was released on 2 July 2014 <ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Announces Oracle VM 3.3|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2235173|accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref>

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==Resource limits==

Oracle VM Server for x86 can take advantage of up to 240 CPUs, 6TB RAM per server and can host a maximum of 100 VM per server. <br>

VCPUs per VM: 256 (PVM) / 128 (HVM, PVHVM) VMs per server<ref>[http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E50245_01/E50246/html/vmrns-limits.html Oracle VM 3.3.1 Documentation]</ref>