Main differences between Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
The strongest version in Red Hat Enterprise. Main operating system and enterprise architecture solutions. Compared with other versions, as includes the suite and support services in the current version. Large server architecture that supports 16 processors and 64 GB memory. It is recommended for medium and large enterprises.
Supported Hardware
Intel x86, Intel itanium, amd amd64, IBM zseries, iseries, pseries, and S/390
Function list
Mail
File (SMB/NFS)
Print
Accelerated web (tux)
Advanced firewall (arptables)
Extended remote shell access/MGMT
DHCP
DNS nameserver
Network Authentication (Kerberos)
News
Backup
Dump server (netdump)
Directory Server (LDAP)
SSL
Remote Boot/image server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux es
Comparison with. ES is equivalent to supporting only the as version of x86 systems. Similar to the basic functions of As, it is most suitable for network construction, file servers, print sharing servers, email servers, website servers, and commercial applications. Elasticsearch supports only two processors and 8 GB of memory on intel X86.
Function list
Mail
File (SMB/NFS)
Print
Accelerated web (tux)
Advanced firewall (arptables)
Extended remote shell access/MGMT
DHCP
DNS nameserver
Network Authentication (Kerberos)
News
Backup
Dump server (netdump)
Directory Server (LDAP)
SSL
Remote Boot/image server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS
If you have a chicken, you will have an egg. If you have a network server application solution, there is no desktop application solution. WS is used to fill in the vacancy. WS has the most comprehensive desktop solution. It is particularly suitable for office and software design. Better hardware support than elasticsearch. Supports intel X86, Intel itanium, and AMD amd64 architectures. We recommend that you use office departments and personal workstations.
Function list
Desktop productimetadata:
Mail
Document Processing
Browsing
Instant Messaging
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Note: intel X86 architecture is the desktop we usually use. For example, P4 2.8e + intel 865 host
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 1 download address
Nahant-i386-AS-disc1.iso 20-sep-2004 151 m
Nahant-i386-Desktop-disc1.iso 20-sep-2004 146 m
Nahant-i386-ES-disc1.iso 20-sep-2004 151 m
Nahant-i386-WS-disc1.iso 20-sep-2004 146 m
Nahant-i386-disc2.iso 20-sep-2004 618 m
Nahant-i386-disc3.iso 20-sep-2004 636 m
Nahant-i386-disc4.iso 20-sep-2004 566 m