Oracle is releasing its Cluster File System Release 2 to the open-source community to demonstrate its support for Linux, even as it prospers as a producer of proprietary software products.

Oracle customers who run its database software on clusters of Unix and Linux servers have had to look to outside vendors, or other open source alternatives, for the file system software.

Oracle customers who run its database software on clusters of Unix and Linux servers have had to look to outside vendors, or other open-source alternatives, for the file system software.

Oracle on Tuesday touted at the LinuxWorld conference that its Cluster File System 2 for Linux will be , the software that forms the basis of Linux distributions.

Another open-source clustered file system comes from Oracle, which in 2003 released the Oracle Cluster File System for Linux, also an open-source project.

Oracle’s new cluster file system available on the low-cost Linux platform enables Oracle9i Real Application Clusters customers to easily build and manage files in a clustered environment ...

Companies running Oracle9i Real Application Clusters should be able to replace their raw disk partitions with a file system, easing management, says Veritas Written by Munir Kotadia, Contributor ...

Written by Laura DiDio, Contributor July 17, 2003, 5:00 p.m. PT The Oracle Cluster File System for Linux Product Analysis Product Background Oracle Corp. is the leader in the database market.