Oracle Unveils Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0

Offering extended high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities for Oracle (News - Alert) Solaris 11, the first cloud OS, Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0.

To provide HA and DR infrastructure required for deploying mission critical workloads in private, public and hybrid clouds as well as enterprise data centers, Oracle Solaris Cluster extends Oracle Solaris.

For secure deployment of mission critical applications, it delivers built-in support for cloud implementations through virtual clusters. Through Oracle Solaris Zone clustering, it also allows customers to deploy multiple, isolated and secure virtual clusters, the company stated in a press release.

“Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 delivers unrivaled high availability on Oracle Solaris 11 for enterprise applications and databases and offers comprehensive capabilities for keeping customers’ most demanding applications up and running in the face of nearly every conceivable situation,” said John Fowler, executive vice president of Systems at Oracle. “Customers can now combine the additional critical HA and DR features of Oracle Solaris Cluster with the new cloud-ready features of Oracle Solaris 11 to help simplify their infrastructure.”

Along with restart and failover capabilities, Oracle Solaris Cluster provides cloud-ready application protection through fine-grained monitoring and policy-based application management. It also enables easy multi-node installation of both Oracle Solaris and Oracle Solaris Cluster with the Oracle Solaris 11 automated installer.

With the Oracle Solaris 11 Image Packaging System (IPS), it Offers unified installation experience, error-free software updates and automatic patch dependencies resolution.

Recently, the company entered into an agreement to acquire InQuira (News - Alert), a provider of best-in-class service knowledge management software that supports Web self-service and agent-assisted service.

The companies have not disclosed the financial details of the transaction. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, InQuira is privately held, and boasts more than 85 blue-chip customers. Oracle said that the companies are searching for a solution that can provide them with a high-value, differentiated customer experience online and in the contact center.