-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Systemd and gnome3 on the server end? Oh yay. *cough* On 12/12/2013 6:33 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: > > > > -------- 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]> > > > > 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 > > [7] - > http://rhel.redhat.com/sites/default/files/RHEL_Org_Cloud_OS_WP_10935437_0413_jw_WEB_0.pdf > > [8] - http://www.redhat.com/solutions/open-hybrid-cloud/ > [9] - > https://www.techvalidate.com/registration/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-7-Beta > > > > _______________________________________________ rhelv6-announce > mailing list [log in to unmask] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-announce > > > - -- Steven Haigh Email: [log in to unmask] Web: https://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 Fax: (03) 8338 0299 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSqN82AAoJEEGvNdV6fTHcFNIP/R6oYCbfmoGsp8hrJpbVQ8O2 xbYA8XbTtQv6xh5mF3iIqazuj9LB2g8kEq26joO+ND9gWKNukQgQRTe8yWOPhiie 115NtPUmA3lfmrhLxyvYezFwBun08mpIX5+e2Iq2S1b+2kg68JKDjkVSEQUYb4YM KdfVre0e/5Ss1JTbie31T18+uhomjMqdWi0P/mB28t4UJ/VdhxiiBSmGp1Bpp6Z1 mcOiW6wZh0TbONlzRMwETonPwO/+k0Ss72CoEojVSP/8NTrC+NQop33xH0N3ygGQ ZONgCWtSaL8SHrfD9JrNsT0esczYmYLcMsw8lhSxHFv/HSaoh6qAlUHZoggFR9tM StR+Ase7bxbuCb9dycrD1i831+BTFuEeQgqI/AtVV99USoKYQPlyGKTdsmlM9MT5 zWqTnApsG2+skbRzJJP1XIhuIhBAn7aHwFokQnxJ0YDCTQ5EYL/TwBxOIhrdNh6+ FxYD73HV9I27yB8UgpCzidzobqeAsvXhEEhQ0WbX0a7sBJFqP0OsF/BdEHbOYDRb qfzSCIm5c1KPhY8+aHhGKilAwjzOlKvqrdrK9dcOVEzEPhkFRiwmMevhw/4eBTVL SxwtOtSGhjHkcbJ2pZje8ZThGa3Z+o+dN1koqPPZJsml9954xXFdIQvKHo1kx2en GJ+2ajkVlp5mgwoDjdZT =5B+5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----