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December 4, 2008

Oracle has contributed data integrity protection code for the Linux kernel, the company has said today.

Oracle says the new code helps maintain comprehensive data integrity as date moves from application to database, and from the Linux operating system to disk storage, according to a company statement.

It also reduces the possibility that erroneous data will get written to disk drives.

Scott McIntyre, v.p. of product marketing at Emulex says "Oracle and Emulex's efforts are aimed at helping data center administrators better track and address corrupted data quicklier and to lower costs and potential downtime."

When large chunks of data is moving through various aspects of a system rapidly, its integrity can really suffer, said Redmonk analyst Stephen O'Grady. Meanwhile, data integrity grows more vital as systems scale up, he added.

Oracle and Emulex, which makes products for connecting servers, networks and storage systems, are co-developing an early adoption program that will help its users start working with the new Linux features.

Along with IBM and other large IT vendors, Oracle says it is a key contributor to the Linux project.

Oracle drives revenue from Linux through its "Unbreakable Linux Support" service available since June 2005.

However, improvements like the Linux code contribution announced today are only one piece of the puzzle, and Oracle will work in tandem with next-generation Linux file systems now under development, such as Btrfs, added McIntyre.

Overall, the Btrfs project, now available under the GPL open-source license, was first developed at Oracle and is an ongoing program. Oracle has said repeatedly that it wants to increase and further its contribution to the Linux and open-source community as a whole.

Source: Oracle.

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