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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 3.4.2 in JanuarySeptember 2016.

==Components==

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==Versions==

* Current stable Release is OVM 3.4.2

* Oracle VM 3.3 had 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>

* Oracle VM 3.4.2 released on MarchSeptember 2016 includes an updated DOM0 kernel based on the 4.1 mainline kernel via Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 update 2.

* The latest release adds improvedNVME support, ofextended OVFSCSI (Opensupport Virtualizationin Format)the meaningguest OracleOS, VMnumerous appliancesperformance canimprovements bein importedthe orhost exportedand asguest eitherOS, aOracle single .ova file or as a setVM ofmanager .ovfperformance and .imgscalability disk image filesimprovements, amongand othersecurity improvements like UEFI boot and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support.

==Resource limits==