Ksplice

Oracle Buys Ksplice

On July 21, 2011, Oracle announced that it has acquired Ksplice. The addition of Ksplice’s technology will increase the security, reliability and availability of Oracle Linux by enabling customers to apply security updates, diagnostics patches and critical bug fixes without rebooting. Read more.

What is Ksplice Uptrack?


Ksplice Uptrack lets you apply 100% of the important kernel security updates released by your Linux vendor without rebooting.

Ksplice Uptrack is available for Oracle Linux, free of charge, for Oracle Linux customers with a Premier support subscription. Additionally, anyone can use Ksplice Uptrack for free on Ubuntu Desktop and Fedora.

 

 

Servers protected with Ksplice Uptrack:
100,000+ at more than 700 companies

Updates applied on production systems:
More than 2 million and counting

 

 

Why go rebootless? Try it Now!
Free for Fedora and Ubuntu Desktop.

How it works

Your Linux vendor releases an update.
Ksplice converts the update into a rebootless update.
You download and install the update seamlessly, without rebooting.

 

We’ve been thrilled with how Ksplice Uptrack saves us time and hassle while improving our security and availability. It really is the future of server maintenance.
Dallas Kashuba,
CTO and Co-Founder of DreamHost

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