Monday 7 February 2011

Redhat 6 - Part 1

Here are some new stuff in RHEL 6

Software versions
  • PHP 5.3.1. It also ships with APC (Alternative PHP Cache).
  • Apache is 2.2.14
  • MySQL is 5.1.42
  • Tomcat is 6.0.20
  • PostgreSQL is version 8.4
  • Python is 2.6
  • Perl is 5.10.1
  • Gcc is 44.4
File systems

Other Notable Changes
  • Default use of NFS v4
  • SysV init is gone in favour of upstart. Upstart comes with legacy support for traditional init scripts in /etc/init.d.
  • Support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
  • iSCSI  can now be used as root or boot devices
  • As expected, Xen has been dropped in favour or KVM