Red Hat Enterprise Linux server

A base Red Hat Enterprise Linux server designed for small deployments has para-virtualised guest operating system support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and version 4 Update 5. It also allows fully-virtualised guest support for all versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Third party operating systems may also be hosted.

A total of 4 guest operating systems will be supported. Para-virtualised guests can be configured on any 32-bit x86 (with PAE support), or 64-bit x86. Fully-virtualised guest support requires hardware features provided by Intel Virtualisation Technology and AMD-V processors.

With Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform the number of guest operating system that may be hosted is unlimited, constrained only by physical hardware resources.

Virtualisation systems provide many attractive capabilities, including:

• Reduced costs through server consolidation, coupled with savings in power, cooling, maintenance and third party software.
• Improved application availability and response due to flexible resource management.
• The ability for IT departments to innovate, responding to new business demands quickly and at minimal cost.