SteelEye Technology announced that Oracle Enterprise Linux joins Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Asianux as supported Linux operating platforms for SteelEye, LifeKeeper, and SteelEye Data Replication.

SteelEye Data Replication for Linux leverages open source features contributed by SteelEye into the 2.6 Linux kernel to provide both host-based volume replication and continuous data protection. An integrated compression engine along with a block-level change-only architecture reduces network bandwidth requirements and speeds replication. A built-in Data Recovery Wizard provides simple restore of critical data to any point in time. Support for multiple simultaneous targets that can span any combination of wide and local area connections provides optimal data protection.

Used by itself, SteelEye Data Replication delivers real-time backup of business-critical data. When combined with LifeKeeper(R) for Linux, a variety of configurations to protect applications can be built, ranging from low-cost two node shared nothing clusters to geographically-dispersed clusters for disaster recovery protection.

Winner of Best Clustering Solution at the recent LinuxWorld 2007 Product Excellence Awards, SteelEye's products are protecting critical business data at thousands of companies world-wide.

"SteelEye's support for Oracle Enterprise Linux is a natural step in the evolution of the companies' long-standing relationship. With the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program gaining favor among data center administrators, having the ability to provide the data and application protection provided by SteelEye is very important for our joint customers," said Monica Kumar, senior director Linux and Open Source Product Marketing, Oracle.