Oracle Validated Configurations provide easier, faster, and lower-cost deployment of Linux solutions in your enterprise. The program offers pre-tested, validated architectures—including software, hardware, storage, and network components—along with documented best practices. The result: Improved performance, scalability, and reliability of Linux solutions, with faster, lower-cost implementations. Oracle collaborates with dozens of leading technology partners to offer these validated configurations free of charge.
| Specifications | Oracle Linux 5 | Oracle Linux 6 |
| Architectures | x86, x86-64, IA64 (Itanium) | x86, x86-64 |
| Minimum Memory Requirements | 512MB | 512MB |
| Minimum Disk Space | 1GB | 1GB |
| Max Physical Memory (RAM) | 64GB (x86) 2TB (x86_64) |
64GB (x86) 2TB (x86_64) |
| Max Virtual Memory (user space/kernel space) | 3GB/1GB (x86) 128TB/128TB (x86_64) |
3GB/1GB (x86) 128TB/128TB (x86_64) |
| Max Number of Logical CPUs/Cores | 32 (x86) 256 (x86_64) |
32 (x86) 256 (x86_64) |
| Max Number of IRQs | 32k | 32k |
| Kernel Base Version | 2.6.18 (Compatible Kernel) 2.6.32 (Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) |
2.6.32 (Compatible Kernel and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) |
| Compiler | GCC 4.1 | GCC 4.4 |
| C Library | GNU libc 2.5 | GNU libc 2.12 |
| Desktop Environment | GNOME 2.16 | GNOME 2.28 |
| X.org Video Subsystem | 7.1.1 | 7.4 |
| Cluster Administration | OCFS2 available, GFS and Cluster Suite included in base OS | OCFS2 available |
