The next generation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now available in Beta form. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta is a major update and includes significant features including, but not limited to:
* comprehensive power management capabilities
* performance enhancements
* scalability enhancements
* new security features
* enhanced resource management
* improved virtualization capabilities
There are two features that clearly stand-out.First is the introduction of new filesystem. Red Hat is finally moving to ext4. As the next generation of the extended filesystem family, it includes support for larger file sizes, more efficient allocation of disk space, better file system checking and more robust journaling.
Second is the new virutalization software. Red Hat is putting its weight behing Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) as default virtualization technology. Incorporating numerous performance, scheduler and hardware support enhancements, KVM offers improved flexibility and control regardless of the deployment model.
Read more about what’s new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta.
