(760) 480.4942

Current Stable Release for Red Hat Dedicated Servers: 5.0 – March 14, 2007

Website: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/

Wikpedia Reference: Red Hat dedicated server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) was developed for commercial users, which makes it ideal for Red Hat dedicated servers. The operating system was first introduced as “Red Hat Linux Advanced Server”. They eventually decided to re-brand it as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in 2003. At this time, they also decided to release specific versions, which were intended to be used for many common applications, whch can be found on Red Hat dedicated servers.

There are four different distributions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). These include the following versions:

• RHEL WS – The “workstation” version, which is designed for high end desktop machines.
• RHEL ES – The “entry level Red Hat linux dedicated server” version, which is recommended for supported servers.
• RHEL AS – The “advanced Red Hat linux dedicated server”, which is intended to be used on important / corporate computers.
• Red Hat Desktop – The single user version, which is often used on multiple workstations.

Red Hat typically releases a new version of RHEL once every 18 – 24 months. In addition, Red Hat has stated that they will support each individual version for 7 years after the initial release date. This offers users a significant amount of time to migrate their Red Hat dedicated server to a newer version.

The website http://www.redhat.com/rhel/, provides an overview of RHEL 5, which works great for Red Hat dedicated servers. In addition, they cover benefits, which include things such as lower costs and better operational flexibility. The website also offers the ability to buy Red Hat products and renew existing Red Hat dedicated server subscriptions.