by Playfuls Staff |
20th November 2006
Red Hat announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 Beta 2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, to be released in early 2007, will
provide the latest open source technologies for improved performance, [more] security
and flexibility. With a continued focus on technologies designed to drive costs
out of deploying and managing infrastructure software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 will deliver comprehensive integration that will significantly raise the bar for
commercial-strength Linux virtualization in an x86 server environment.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, now available in Beta 2,
incorporates a new, fully integrated server and storage virtualization
solution. This release enables an integrated virtualization solution by
coupling server virtualization with Red Hat's clustering support. For enhanced
availability, failover at either the application or virtual machine level is
provided by Red Hat Cluster Suite. Red Hat Global File System and Cluster
Logical Volume Manager technology allows application data to be securely
accessed and shared by any guest from any system.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 represents the result of nearly
two years of development spread across the entire core product, and Linux
kernel enhancements accrued from version 2.6.9 to 2.6.18. Extensive
enhancements to the kernel, network and I/O subsystems ensure optimal
performance and scalability. Users will realize unmatched resistance to
security exploits through the inclusion of comprehensive security profiles and
improved compiler and runtime buffer management technologies.
Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 presents dramatically
improved desktop capabilities and new application development tools that make
working in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment better than ever.
Customers and partners can now download Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Beta 2 to deploy pilots for production environments. To learn more,
please visit http://www.redhat.com
