| |  | Red Hat Subscription Info |  | Red Hat Subscriptions Explained When purchasing Red Hat products there are a number of variables to take into account, these are outlined below to assist you in selecting a product most suited to your needs. |
| Length of Subscription Red Hat products have 2 subscription length options: 1 year or 3 years.
The advantage of purchasing a 3 year subscription is a reduction in the subscription costs per annum.
For example:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, (unlimited sockets) Standard 1 year subscription - £1034 - £1034 pounds per year
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, (unlimited sockets) Standard 3 year subscription - £2636 - £878.67 pounds per year
Potential saving per year - £155.33
Percentile reduction (per year) - 15%
A 15% saving per annum is generally applicable to all Red Hat 3 year subscriptions.
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| Support Level With the majority of Red Hat subscriptions there are varying levels of support available. Not all support levels are applicable to all Red Hat products, the exceptions are detailed at the bottom of this section:
Academic and Developer Products:
- Quarterly operating system updates
- Red Hat Network software updates
Please be aware that no telephone or web based support is available when using an academic or developer subscription. Additional support can be purchased as a different product by academic establishments. Please call us on 0845 4562393 for further details.
Basic Support Level:
- Web Based Support: Avalable for entire length of subscription, 24/7/365 (2 day response)
- Quarterly operating system updates
- Red Hat Network software updates
Standard Support Level:
- Telephone Support: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday (4 hour response)
- Web Based Support: Avalable for entire length of subscription, 24/7/365 (2 day response)
- Quarterly operating system updates
- Red Hat Network software updates
Premium Support Level:
- Telephone Support: 24/7/365 (1 hour response)
- Web Based Support: Avalable for entire length of subscription, 24/7/365 (1 day response)
- Quarterly operating system updates
- Red Hat Network software updates
PLEASE NOTE - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS or Red Hat 5 Advanced Platform are only available with Standard or Premium support.
PLEASE NOTE- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS or Desktop is only available with Standard or Basic Support.
PLEASE NOTE- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES is available with Premium, Standard or Basic Support.
PLEASE NOTE- Additional support can be purchased as a different product by academic establishments. Please call us on 0845 4562393 for further details. |
| Product Type This information covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, if you are looking for information regarding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or previous versions seel the "Previous Red Hat Subscriptions" section at the bottom of the page.
Product type refers to the Operating System itself, essentially there are three types of operating system products available; Desktop, Server and Advanced Server. The type of product you will require is dictated by the hardware that will be used, and the application of the system.
Red Hat Advanced Platform
Red Hat Advanced Platform supports an unlimited amount of processor sockets and unlimited virtualisation.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform provides dramatic capabilities beyond basic Enterprise Linux 5. Integrated server and storage virtualization technologies. In a single, easily managed product. With a complete and highly functional environment.
Critical technologies in a single solution. Fully integrated. Ready to go. No need to purchase additional products from multiple vendors. Technologies include:
- Unlimited virtualized guests. Multiple operating systems, multiple versions, multiple performance and security settings, all running on the same server.
- Storage virtualization. Multiple guests, running on the same or different servers, access and share logical storage volumes and file systems. Reap the full benefits of server virtualization with shared storage.
- High availability clustering and failover. Application and guest operating system failover.
Management. Includes comprehensive management capabilities.
Red Hat Enterprise Server
Red Hat Enterprise Server supports 2 processor sockets and 4 virtualised guest operating systems..
A base Red Hat Enterprise Linux server has para-virtualized guest operating system support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and version 4 Update 5. It also allows fully-virtualized guest support for all versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Third party operating systems may also be hosted.
A total of 4 guest operating systems will be supported. Para-virtualized guests can be configured on any 32-bit x86 (with PAE support), or 64-bit x86. Fully-virtualized guest support requires hardware features provided by Intel Virtualization Technology and AMD-V processors.
Example server environments:
- Standalone server
- Large SMP "scale-up" server
- Blade server
- High availability cluster server
- Rack server
- Fault tolerant server
- HPC "scale-out" server
- Mainframe server
Supported Architectures:
- Intel and AMD x86/x86-64
- Intel Itanium2
- IBM POWER
- IBM z-Series and S/390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop is an attractive and highly productive alternative for client systems like desktop and laptop computers. An environment that sets the standard for client operating systems in the focused areas of security and management.
Desktop variants:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
A general purpose client solution suitable for desktop and laptop systems, offering a comprehensive suite of personal productivity applications such as OpenOffice, Firefox browser, and Evolution email client. Supports systems with up to 1 socket at 4GB of memory.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Multi-OS option
Provides virtualization capabilities, with the ability to host multiple guest operating environments.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation option
Provides support for larger client systems and an extended software stack. Ideal for high end desktop applications, technical workstations in design, engineering, CAD/CAM, or software development, etc. Includes the full Red Hat Enterprise Linux software development stack and the complete set of server applications for client system use-cases like testing, administration, software development, etc.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation and Multi-OS options
Combines all desktop features and options into a single product.
Further information regarding Red Hat subscriptions can be found here:
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| Previous Red Hat Subscriptions In previous versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux the product range has been divided into 3 sections: Workstation (WS), Enterprise Server (ES) and Advanced Server (AS).
Due to the new capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 the product range has been renamed.
When you purchase a subscription for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 you will also have access (via the Red Hat Network) to all previous products in the associated product line.
Red Hat 5 Advanced Platform will also give you access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4, 3 and 2.1
Red Hat 5 Enterprise Server will also give you access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, 3 and 2.1
Red Hat 5 Enterprise Linux Desktop will also give you access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4, 3 and 2.1
Red Hat Support each operating system release for 6 years. |
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