33 articles tagged "enterprise linux"

Install Linux On Intel Xeon 7400 Dunnington

Dunnington is Intel’s first multi-core CPU - features a single-die six- (or hexa) core design with three unified 3 MB L2 caches (resembling three merged 45 nm dual-core Wolfdale dies), and 96 KB L1 cache (Data) and 16 MB of L3 cache. It features 1066 MHz FSB, fits into the Tigerton’s mPGA604 socket, and is compatible with the Caneland chipset. These processors support DDR2-1066 (533 MHz), and have a maximum TDP below 130 W. They are intended for blades and other stacked computer systems.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 IMPORTANT Security Update [ 4-Nov-2008 ]

Red Hat today released kernel updates to fix at least 15 security flaws in its core called Linux kernel. RHEL users can grab the latest updates from RHN website or by simply running yum update command. This update has been rated as having important security impact.
Critical Red hat / Fedora Linux Openssh Security Update

Last week one or more of Red Hat’s servers got cracked. Now, it has been revealed that both Fedora and Red Hat servers have been compromised. As a result Fedora is changing their package signing key. The intruder was able to sign a small number of OpenSSH packages relating only to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (i386 and x86_64 architectures only) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64 architecture only). This update has been rated as having critical security impact.
CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Poor NFS Performance and Solution

A few days ago I noticed that NFS performance between a web server node and NFS server went down by 50%. NFS was optimized and the only thing was updated Red Hat kernel v5.2. I also noticed same trend on CentOS 5.2 64 bit edition.
Paid Support From Novell / Red Hat Not Important for Linux Adoption

Companies are increasingly choosing free community-driven Linux distributions instead of commercial offerings with conventional support options from Red Hat or Novell due to dissatisfaction with the cost of support services.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Kernel Bug Fix Update

Updated kernel packages that fix several bugs, while adding an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
RHEL5: Linux Kernel kexec-tools bug fix update

An updated kexec-tools package that fixes a bug is now available for RHEL systems. The kexec-tools package provides tools that facilitate a new kernel to boot using the Linux kernel kexec feature, either on a normal or a panic reboot.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security: An Updated autofs Package Available
An updated autofs package that fixes a bug is now available under RHEL 4.x server and desktop systems.
Security Alert: Red hat / CentOS Linux Freetype Various Security Issues
Updated freetype packages that fix various security issues are now available for CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and 2.1 server software.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Released
Update brings broad refresh of hardware support and improved quality, combined with new features and enhancements in areas such as virtualization, desktop, networking, storage & clustering and security