The fourth update in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 family is released. From the press release: this version includes kernel-based virtual machine virtualization, alongside of Xen virtualization technology. The scalability of the Red Hat virtualization solution has been incremented to support 192 CPUs and 1GB hugepages. Other updates including GCC 4.4 and a new malloc(), clustered, high-availability filesystem to support Microsoft Windows storage needs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Also, support for technologies such as FCoE for storage environments and SR-IOV to improve virtual I/O performance and management included. On a side note, this article covers the upgrade procedure to RHEL v5.4 from the previous version.
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2007-11-23
Aww ... RHEL was always so bad to me and it always leave me with bad impression of "the destroying force of RPM hell". I simply don't understand how such badly designed thing can be used in commercial, corporate environments. That's just beyond me.
As usual - no offence to anyone using it and actually liking it.
Edited 2009-09-04 15:32 UTC
Member since:2005-11-11
Results always vary.
I've had endless stability issues with Debian and RHEL was always rock-solid. My friend on the company next door had inumerous issues with RHEL and Suse, then switched to Debian and never had a problem again.
Linux is too open to have controlled results, I think.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-07-24
markcp's posts are... interesting. A template for the typical post might be:
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Your mother wears army boots. You're ugly. You're fat. You're stupid. And I hate your guts.
As usual, no offence intended to anyone.
"""
Very strange.
Edited 2009-09-04 20:33 UTC
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2007-11-23
"Linux is too open to have controlled results, I think."
Yes, that's a good explanation I guess. My personal type was always Slackware for it's great track of server stability, I have tested plentora of other options though. Anyway - I also know people who are mostly satisfied with RHEL or Debian, but I have also seen many failures, so ...
@gilboa - well, I wasn't talking particularly about the actual *bugs*, but rather dependencies. RPM package management tends to break most of the system's coherence at some point. Again - that's just my experience.
@sbergman27 - interresting conclusion. Fortunately - you're wrong. Forgive if I sound offensive, that's definitely not my point.
Member since:
2005-07-06
At least they seem to be confident of the direction that they're going in with KVM, unlike other distributors and vendors. The advantages of having a virtualisation technology that actually ships as part of the kernel are not obvious at first sight, but they are there, and future development seems bright.
Member since:2005-07-24
