Oracle releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 (UEK 8) – Help Net Security

Oracle has released version 8 of its Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK), a custom Linux kernel built for Oracle Linux. UEK 8 includes updates to memory management, better file system support, faster networking, and improvements for specific hardware platforms. It also pulls in changes from the wider Linux community.

UEK 8 is designed to handle heavy workloads. It builds on the combination of Oracle Linux and UEK to support large enterprise systems. That includes setups using…