Hi, I would also be interested in trying the Red Hat advance server before paying 1000$ for it but I cannot find any ISO anywhere. Does somebody have a clue? René Bouchard ----- Original Message ----- From: <christophe.schutz@globalsign.net> To: <security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 8:59 AM Subject: RE: difference on linux advanced server... > > Hello, > > Is this distribution also available by download ? > I've checked their ftp server, but I only see the SRPMS. > > I would like to test it before choosing or not to pay for it. > > Thanks for any responses, > Christophe > > > >|-----Original Message----- > >|From: Michael French [mailto:mfrench@ashevillemail.com] > >|Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:34 AM > >|To: security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com > >|Subject: Re: difference on linux advanced server... > >| > >| > >| > >| I have a copy at work, haven't installed it yet. It has > >|some added > >|functions and kernel modifications. It also has a much > >|longer release cycle > >|so there are fewer patches and updates and they are more > >|thoroughly tested > >|when there are releases. Here is some info from Redhat's site: > >| > >|http://www.redhat.com/software/advancedserver/ > >|Performance and scalability enhancements > >|Red Hat Linux Advanced Server kernel enhancements provide dramatic new > >|"scale-up" capabilities--allowing you to realize full performance from > >|today's modern servers: > >| > >| a.. Asynchronous I/O support: Applications no longer need > >|to pause after > >|issuing read I/Os until they are complete. > >| > >| > >| b.. Increased SMP granularity: Particularly in the SCSI I/O > >|subsystem, > >|permitting increased I/O throughput in SMP systems with multiple I/O > >|adapters. > >| > >| > >| c.. SMP Scheduler enhancements: Support process-CPU affinity, which > >|improves performance by increasing the CPU cache hit-rate and greatly > >|reducing spinlock contention in SMP systems. > >| > >| > >| d.. Bounce Buffer Elimination: Greatly reduces I/O-related > >|memory copy > >|operations in large memory systems (>1GB memory). > >| > >|High availability enhancements > >|Red Hat Linux Advanced Server features a sophisticated high > >|availability > >|clustering technology called Cluster Manager. Cluster Manager > >|provides an > >|application failover infrastructure that can be used by a > >|wide range of > >|applications, including: > >| > >| a.. Most custom and mainstream commercial applications > >| b.. File and print serving > >| c.. Databases and database applications > >| d.. Messaging applications > >| e.. Internet and Open Source application > >| > >|With Cluster Manager, these applications can be deployed in high > >|availability configurations so that they are always > >|operational; bringing > >|"scale-out" capabilities to enterprise Linux deployments. > >| > >|For high-volume open-source applications, such as NFS, Samba > >|and Apache, > >|Cluster Manager provides a complete ready-to-use failover > >|solution. For most > >|other applications customers create custom failover scripts > >|using provided > >|templates. Red Hat Professional Services can provide custom > >|Cluster Manager > >|deployment services where required - please contact Sales for > >|additional > >|details. > >| > >|Cluster Manager features > >| a.. NFS/CIFS Failover: Supports highly available file > >|serving in Unix and > >|Windows environments. > >| > >| > >| b.. Fully Shared Storage Subsystem: All cluster members > >|have access to the > >|same storage. > >| > >| > >| c.. Comprehensive Data Integrity guarantees: Using the > >|latest I/O barrier > >|technology, such as programmable power switches and watchdog timers. > >| > >| > >| d.. SCSI and Fibre Channel support: Cluster Manager > >|configurations can be > >|deployed using latest SCSI and Fibre Channel technology. > >|Multi-terabyte > >|configurations can readily be made highly available. > >| > >| > >| e.. Service failover: Cluster Manager not only ensures > >|hardware shutdowns > >|or failures are detected and recovered from automatically, > >|but will also > >|monitor your applications to ensure they are running > >|correctly, and will > >|restart them automatically if they fail. > >|Michael French > >| > >|----- Original Message ----- > >|From: "aeab" <aeab@iiu.edu.my> > >|To: <security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com> > >|Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:13 PM > >|Subject: difference on linux advanced server... > >| > >| > >|> > >|> hi there.... > >|> our co's need to buy a new server....as usual what i did > >|was just give the > >|> server specs and the installation is done by our team...linux OS... > >|> however my management heard of this R.H linux advanced > >|server and wanted > >|> this ...hmmm what i learnt is this advanced server is for > >|mission critical > >|> systems i.e. millitary or tasks that needed real time..critical... > >|> > >|> er any of u guys have any experience in dealing with this? > >|big difference > >|> with the ordinary linux? > >|> > >|> > >|> ----- Original Message ----- > >|> From: "many Lists.." <many_lists@yahoo.com> > >|> To: <security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com> > >|> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 2:07 PM > >|> Subject: Banners through Apache and Squid > >|> > >|> > >|> > > >|> > A lot of free webpage hosting sites like tripod > >|> > geocities etc display their banner on visiting the > >|> > website although the source code uploaded or even > >|> > after downloading from those servers does not contain > >|> > any source code for banners links. > >|> > > >|> > It has to be done through webserver so any pointers to > >|> > how do we do it in apache? > >|> > and if a user is browsing through our proxy servers > >|> > can we also embedd any html source code on every site > >|> > it is visited through proxy server. banners like top > >|> > bar or bottom or side bars or a redirecting banner or > >|> > anything through both of them Apache and Squid. > >|> > > >|> > Thank you in advance > >|> > > >|> > __________________________________________________ > >|> > Do You Yahoo!? > >|> > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > >|> > http://www.hotjobs.com > >|> > > >|-------------------------------------------------------------- > >|---------- > >|> > To unsubscribe email > >|security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > >|> > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. > >|> > > >|> > > >|> > >|> > >|-------------------------------------------------------------- > >|---------- > >|> To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > >|> with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. > >|> > >|> > >| > >|-------------------------------------------------------------- > >|---------- > >| To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > >| with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. > >| > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.
