Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available in two variants for servers. A base Red Hat Enterprise Linux server is designed for small deployments while Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform is designed for mainstream customers and provides the most cost-effective, flexible, and scalable environment. Both versions are based on common core technology. Both include a comprehensive suite of open source server applications and virtualization capabilities.
Key Features: A huge ecosystem of hardware and software partners, offering both services and certified solutions, makes Red Hat the industry leader. This powerful combination provides:
- Thousands of certified applications from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
- Hundreds of certified hardware systems and peripherals from leading OEM vendors, spanning multiple processor architectures
A range of partner programs
- Comprehensive service offerings, up to 24x7 support with 1-hour response, available from Red Hat and selected ISV/OEM partners
- Excellent performance, security, scalability, and availability, with audited industry benchmarks
- Open source technologies rigorously tested and matured through the Red Hat sponsored Fedora project
- With each major version, stable application interfaces and 7 years of product support
- A homogeneous client/server product family that enables seamless inter-operation of systems from the laptop to the data-center to the mainframe. Plus, excellent interoperability with existing Unix and Microsoft® Windows® deployments
Server Version comparison chart:
| |
Version 4 |
Version 5 |
| |
AS |
ES |
Advanced Platform |
base server |
| Server Architecture support |
| x86, AMD64, Intel64, Itanium2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IBM POWER |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| |
| Server Support limits as defined by Red Hat Enterprise Linux Product Subscription |
| Maximum physical CPUs/sockets [1] |
Unlimited |
2 |
Unlimited |
2 |
| Maximum memory |
Unlimited |
16GB |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Maximum virtualized guests/instances |
N/A |
N/A |
Unlimited |
4 |
| Storage virtualization (with Red Hat GFS and Cluster Suite) |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
No |
| Included Red Hat Network modules |
Update Module |
Update Module |
Update Module |
Update Module |
| |
| Desktop Version comparison chart |
| |
Version 4 |
Version 5 |
| |
WS |
Desktop |
Desktop
with Workstation option |
Desktop
with Multi OS option |
| |
| Desktop Architecture support |
| X86, AMD64, Intel64 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Itanium2 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| |
| Desktop Support limits as defined by Red Hat Enterprise Linux Product Subscription |
| Maximum physical CPUs/sockets [1] |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Maximum memory |
Unlimited |
4GB |
Unlimited |
4GB |
| Maximum virtualized guests/instances |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
4 |
| Storage virtualization (with Red Hat GFS and Cluster Suite) |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
No |
| Included Red Hat Network modules |
Update Module |
Update Module |
Update Module |
Update, Management, & Provisioning modules |
| |
| Technology capabilities and limits (certified[/theoretical) |
| |
Version 4 |
Version 5 |
| Maximum logical CPUs |
| x86 |
32 |
32 |
| Itanium2 |
64/512 |
64/1024 |
| AMD64/Intel64 |
64/64 |
64/255 |
| Power |
64/128 |
128/128 |
| zSeries |
8 |
8/64 |
| |
| Maximum memory |
| X86 |
64GB |
16GB |
| Itanium2 |
256GB/1024TB |
1TB/1024TB |
| AMD64/Intel64 |
256GB/1TB |
256GB/1TB |
| Power |
128GB/1TB |
512GB/1TB |
| zSeries |
64GB |
64GB |
| Maximum filesize (Ext3) |
2TB |
2TB |
| Maximum filesystem size (Ext3) |
8TB |
8TB/16TB |
| Maximum filesize (GFS) |
16TB/8EB |
16TB/8EB |
| Maximum filesystem size (GFS) |
16TB/8EB |
16TB/8EB |
| Maximum x86 per-process virtual address space |
Approx 4GB |
Approx 3GB |
| |
| Required minimums |
| X86 |
256MB |
512MB |
| AMD64/Intel64 |
256MB |
512MB |
| Itanium2 |
512MB |
512MB |
| Power |
512MB |
1GB minimum/
2GB recommended |
| Minimum diskspace |
800MB |
1GB |
| |
| Kernel and OS features |
| Kernel foundation |
Linux 2.6.9 |
Linux 2.6.18 |
| Compiler/toolchain |
GCC 3.4 |
GCC 4.1 |
| Languages supported |
15 |
19 |
| NIAP/CC certified |
Yes - 4+ |
Yes - 4+ |
| Compatibility libraries |
V2.1 and V3 |
V3 and V4 |
| Common Operating Environment (COE) compliant |
YES |
N/A |
| LSB compliant |
Yes -3 |
Yes -3.1 |
| GB18030 |
Yes |
Yes |
| |
| Client environment |
| Desktop GUI |
Gnome 2.8 |
Gnome 2.16 |
| Graphics |
X.org |
X.org 7.1.1 |
| OpenOffice |
V1.1.2 |
V2.0.4 |
| Ximian Evolution |
V2.0 |
V2.8.0 |
| Default browser |
Firefox |
Firefox 1.5 |
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