RedHat release RHEL5.3 supports 32 virtual CPUs

Recently, RedHat released the RedHatEnterpriseLinux5.3 for enterprise users, the third update of the current stable version. New Features and scalability are added for new updates. OpenJDK and IntelNehalem processors are supported. Main features include: ◆ extended x86-64 virtualization available range: Now can support 32 virtual CPU and 80 GB virtual memory, corresponding, physical CPU support also increased to 126, physical memory support

Recently, Red Hat released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 for Enterprise users, the third update of the current stable version. New Features and extensibility are added to new updates. OpenJDK and Intel Nehalem processors are supported. Main features include:

◆ Expanded x86-64 virtualization available range: Now can support 32 virtual CPU and 80 GB virtual memory, corresponding, physical CPU support to 126, physical memory support to 1 TB. It also supports the latest Hugepage memory and Intel Extended Page Tables (EPT) technology.

◆ Support for Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) Processors: the feedback from the Red Hat Engineering Performance Group shows that, using this new quad-core hyper-threading 45nm processor will increase to 1.7 times the commercial program performance and 3.5 times the theoretical performance.

◆ Including OpenJDK: OpenJDK is a high-performance open-source Java SE 6 implementation. The OpenJDK included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 has been fully supported by the Java SE 6 TCK compatibility test OpenJDK.