Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform

The World's Leading Open Source Virtualization Solution

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform provides dramatic capabilities beyond basic Enterprise Linux 5. Integrated server and storage virtualization technologies. In a single, easily managed product. With a complete and highly functional environment.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform helps you improve application availability without increasing cost. With integrated clustering and virtualization technology, dynamic resource allocation, live migration, and load balancing delivers redundancy without compromising response times.

 

Included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform

On top of all of the benefits and features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advance Platform delivers:

  • Server virtualization: Multiple operating systems running on the same server using Red Hat's virtualization technology.
  • Storage virtualization: Multiple guests access and share logical storage volumes and file systems.
  • High availability clustering: Increase uptime for your applications without increasing cost.
  • Failover: Switch over to redundant server in case of catastrophic disaster. Automated failover and recovery of virtualized guests in Advanced Platform.
  • Global File System: Manage cluster of servers, as if it were one server.

Red Hat also provides advanced management capabilities for virtual infrastructure. For more information, visit the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization product pages.

Designed for the mainstream market, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform provides the industry's most complete and integrated solution.


Comparison of Red Hat Enterprise Linux server to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform

Feature Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux server
Number of supported guest operating systems1 Unlimited 4
Manageability Red Hat Network and Red Hat Satellite oVirt single system management w/ scriptable library
Supported by Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for enterprise virtualization management
Conga cluster/storage GUI N/A
Cluster Suite failover Yes No
Distributed Lock Management Operates fully distributed across multiple virtualized guests and physical systems Operates within a single virtualized guest or physical system
Global File System
Logical Volume Management
Maximum supported server size Unlimited Up to 2 CPU sockets

1 Using Red Hat's included virtualization technology.