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Systemd and gnome3 on the server end? Oh yay. *cough*
On 12/12/2013 6:33 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
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> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [rhelv6-announce] Red
> Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta Now Available - Testers Wanted Date:
> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:30:52 -0500 From: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
> (Santiago) announcement mailing-list <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: Red Hat, Inc. To: <[log in to unmask]>
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> Today marks an exciting milestone for Red Hat as we share news of
> the beta availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Since its
> introduction more than a decade ago[1], Red Hat Enterprise Linux[2]
> has become the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform, and it
> has helped set industry standards for performance[3], capacity[4],
> capability[5] and security[6]. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a
> leading force in enterprise datacenters; it spans nearly every
> industry and has advanced to deliver the original cloud operating
> system[7], powering many of the world’s largest clouds.
>
> With today’s announcement, we are inviting Red Hat customers,
> partners, and members of the public to provide feedback on what we
> believe is our most ambitious release to date. Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 7 is designed to provide the underpinning for future
> application architectures while delivering the flexibility,
> scalability, and performance needed to deploy across bare metal,
> virtual machines, and cloud infrastructure.
>
> We believe that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 represents the future of
> IT. As hypervisors and cloud deployments become increasingly common
> and face integration with physical servers, Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 7 continues Red Hat's track record of cultivating a
> foundation upon which to build next-generation IT infrastructure.
> No other Linux operating system combines the flexibility and
> stability needed to handle critical workloads across all
> environments with as extensive an ecosystem of solutions and
> support.
>
> Based on Fedora 19 and the upstream Linux 3.10 kernel, Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 will provide users with powerful new
> capabilities that streamline and automate installation and
> deployment, simplify management, and enhance ease-of-use, all while
> delivering the stability that enterprises have come to expect from
> Red Hat. This further solidifies Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s place
> as the world’s leading Linux platform and a standard for the
> enterprise of the future. Whether rolling out new applications,
> virtualizing environments or scaling the business with cloud, Red
> Hat Enterprise Linux 7 delivers the keystone to IT success.
>
> The beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 adds value to new
> and existing IT projects across industries by adding key
> capabilities to improve critical but often cumbersome IT tasks like
> virtualization and storage while offering a clear pathway to the
> open hybrid cloud[8]. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta showcases
> hundreds of new features and enhancements, including:
>
> Linux Containers - With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, applications
> can be created and deployed in isolated environments using Linux
> Container technology, such as Docker. System resources can be
> partitioned to each application container, providing each
> application with the appropriate resources and security isolation
> that they require - a key capability for enterprises seeking more
> agility and scalability within their infrastructure.
>
> Performance Management - More than just benchmark results, Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 helps customers optimize system performance
> out-of-the-box while helping reduce performance-related IT costs.
> In addition, users have the option to select the appropriate
> performance profile for their application that helps them to
> achieve optimal application results.
>
> Physical and Hosted In-place Upgrades - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
> will offer an in-place upgrade feature for common server
> deployment types, allowing data centers to migrate existing Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 6.5 systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
> Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 enables virtual machine
> migration from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 host to a Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 host without virtual machine modification or
> downtime.
>
> File Systems - File systems within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
> continue to be a major focus of development and innovation, with
> enhancements to the ext4 and btrfs file systems. Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 7 will include XFS as the default file system, scaled to
> support file systems up to 500 TB. The ext4 file system adds
> scalability enhancements to increase the maximum standalone file
> system size from 16 TB to 50 TB, and gains support for block sizes
> of up to 1MB, considerably decreasing the time spent doing block
> allocation and reducing fragmentation. Btrfs, an emerging file
> system, will be available as a technology preview within Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 and includes integrated basic volume management,
> snapshot support, and checksum capability to validate full data and
> metadata integrity.
>
> Networking - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 enhances networking
> configuration and operation and adds support for some of the latest
> networking standards. Performance improvements are delivered for
> network intensive applications with the availability of 40Gb
> Ethernet support, improved channel bonding, TCP performance
> improvements and low latency socket poll support.
>
> Storage - Storage receives significant updates within Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 with support of very large scale storage
> configurations, including support for enterprise storage arrays.
> For more price-sensitive deployments, enhancements to Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux’s scalable storage stack provide an alternative to
> expensive storage arrays. New capabilities in storage management
> simplify the management of heterogeneous storage environments.
>
> Windows Interoperability - For datacenters where co-existence of
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows ServerTM is a
> requirement, interoperability capabilities have been expanded
> within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Specifically, IT professionals
> can bridge Windows and Linux infrastructure by integrating Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 systems and SAMBA 4.1 with existing Microsoft
> Active Directory domains. Additionally, staff can choose to deploy
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Identity Management in a parallel trust
> zone with Active Directory, allowing customers to leverage the
> investments they have already made.
>
> Subsystem Management - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 simplifies
> configuration and administration with uniform management tools for
> networking, storage, file systems, performance, identities and
> security. It does this by delivering a Linux management framework
> that also interfaces to popular system management frameworks via
> OpenLMI. Through OpenLMI, system administrators can use scripting
> and APIs to automate management across multiple systems.
>
> Today’s beta announcement marks the beginning of our public journey
> to introduce our vision for the future of enterprise computing.
> We’re excited to be starting this public journey, and look forward
> to sharing our vision starting with these key highlights of new and
> enhanced capabilities and continuing on our new Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux-focused blog, located at http://rhelblog.redhat.com/.
>
> AVAILABILITY
>
> The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 beta is available to Red Hat
> customers, partners, and members of the public. If you are
> interested in trying the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta, we
> encourage you to download and install it, and tell us[9] what
> interests you the most about the Beta. You may download the beta
> from the "Get Beta" link provided below.
>
> ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
>
> Please visit the below resources for more information about Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 7 Beta.
>
> Access the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta today:
> https://access.redhat.com/site/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Get-Beta
>
> Access documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta (requires
> login):
>
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta release notes:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Release_Notes/index.html
>
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta technical notes:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Technical_Notes/index.html
>
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation:
> https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/
>
> Follow updates about the Beta via the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> Blog: http://rhelblog.redhat.com
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team
>
> [1] - http://www.redhat.com/10yearsofrhel [2] -
> http://rhel.redhat.com [3] - http://rhel.redhat.com/performance [4]
> - http://rhel.redhat.com/capacity [5] -
> http://rhel.redhat.com/capability [6] -
> http://www.redhat.com/solutions/industry/government/certifications.html
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[7] -
> http://rhel.redhat.com/sites/default/files/RHEL_Org_Cloud_OS_WP_10935437_0413_jw_WEB_0.pdf
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[8] - http://www.redhat.com/solutions/open-hybrid-cloud/
> [9] -
> https://www.techvalidate.com/registration/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-7-Beta
>
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