Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Update Available

Posted by Sierra Monica B. in Linux on 09 3rd, 2009 | no responses

The team behind the Red Hat Enterprise Linux has announced the release of a new version of the open source application platform available for download as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, release 5.4.
The update with kernel-2.6.18-164.el5 is available for every product in the family, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform for x86, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server for x86, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop for x86.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform for x86 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server for x86 are optimized to work on an AMD64, Intel 64, Itanium processor models, as well as System z and Power Systems, while the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop for x86 runs on AMD64 or Intel 64-powered computers.

The new release provides a high-performance, stable and scalable operating system, adding kernel tracepoints for systemtap use, per process I/O accounting, FIEMAP support, 10 GigE drivers with GRO support, FCoE support on standard NICs, and SR I/OV support. At the virtualization level, the fourth update for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers Hypervisor scalability to 192 cpus and additional hypervisor – Kernel Based Virtual Machine.

If you are a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriber you can download the update via the RHN.