RHEL4 vs RHEL5
Major differences between RHEL4 & RHEL51.Virtualization added in RHEL52.Package installation method changed to YUM(Yellow-dog Updater Modifier) in RHEL53.Redhat Clustring added in RHEL54.RHEL5 now supports unlimited RAM and Hard disk5.Now varients in RHEL5 are * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform (former AS) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux (former ES) (limited to 2 CPU-s) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation and Multi-OS option * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation option (former WS) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Multi-OS option * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (former Desktop)Where as in RHEL4 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for mission-critical/enterprise computer systems * Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES for supported network servers * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS for technical power-user desktops or high- performance computing * Red Hat Desktop ΓÇô for multiple deployments of single-user desktopsMinor differences1.Newer kernel(2.6.18)2.Newer softwares packages3.Office removed from Server edition4.More Hardware support5.By default netconfig command is not there, we have to install it manually6.SELinux improved a a lot in RHEL57.We have to provide key at the time of installation so that we can choose to install most of the packages such as Clustring/Virtualization.8.Some of the commands changed like in LVMReferenceshttps://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/release-notes/package-changes.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_LinuxPlease Comment your thoughts regarding this post:-) Please visit https://www.linuxnix.com for more linux admin...
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