Fwd: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta Now Available

Shawn Wells shawn at redhat.com
Thu Dec 12 03:55:35 UTC 2013


FYI -- RHEL7 public beta is now out! Will be creating a new SSG branch 
shortly!

Lets kickoff the RHEL7 STIG process ASAP. How about a community call 
next Weds, 18-DEC, at 1030 EST? This will give us the chance to chat 
through how the RHEL7 STIG will be generated, start breaking down tasks, 
and chatting through a rough project plan/deadline. Much of the 
conversation will be driven by the RH/NSA/DISA FSO stakeholders, though 
transparency will help drive community awareness/involvement.

I'll be damned if we don't get a RHEL7 STIG squared away prior to RHEL7 
GA (yeah yeah, famous last words...).



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta Now Available
Date: 	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:42:19 -0500 (EST)

	

	



Today marks an exciting milestone for Red Hat as we share news of the 
beta availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Since its introduction 
more than a decade ago <http://www.redhat.com/10yearsofrhel/>, Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux <http://rhel.redhat.com/> has become the world’s 
leading enterprise Linux platform, and it has helped set industry 
standards for performance <http://rhel.redhat.com/performance>, capacity 
<http://rhel.redhat.com/capacity>, capability 
<http://rhel.redhat.com/capability> and security 
<http://www.redhat.com/solutions/industry/government/certifications.html>. 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a leading force in enterprise datacenters; 
it spans nearly every industry and has advanced to deliver the original 
cloud operating system 
<http://rhel.redhat.com/sites/default/files/RHEL_Org_Cloud_OS_WP_10935437_0413_jw_WEB_0.pdf>, 
powering many of the world’s largest clouds.

With today’s announcement 
<http://www.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2013/12/red-hat-announces-availability-of-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-beta>, 
we are inviting Red Hat customers, partners, and members of the public 
to provide feedback on what we believe is our most ambitious release to 
date. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is designed to provide the underpinning 
for future application architectures while delivering the flexibility, 
scalability, and performance needed to deploy across bare metal, virtual 
machines, and cloud infrastructure.

We believe that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 represents the future of IT. 
As hypervisors and cloud deployments become increasingly common and face 
integration with physical servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 continues 
Red Hat's track record of cultivating a foundation upon which to build 
next-generation IT infrastructure. No other Linux operating system 
combines the flexibility and stability needed to handle critical 
workloads across all environments with as extensive an ecosystem of 
solutions and support.

Based on Fedora 19 and the upstream Linux 3.10 kernel, Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 7 will provide users with powerful new capabilities 
that streamline and automate installation and deployment, simplify 
management, and enhance ease-of-use, all while delivering the stability 
that enterprises have come to expect from Red Hat. This further 
solidifies Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s place as the world’s leading Linux 
platform and a standard for the enterprise of the future. Whether 
rolling out new applications, virtualizing environments or scaling the 
business with cloud, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 delivers the keystone to 
IT success.

The beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 adds value to new and 
existing IT projects across industries by adding key capabilities to 
improve critical but often cumbersome IT tasks like virtualization and 
storage while offering a clear pathway to the open hybrid cloud 
<http://www.redhat.com/solutions/open-hybrid-cloud/>. Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 7 Beta showcases hundreds of new features and enhancements, including:

  *

    *Linux Containers*- Enabling applications to be created and deployed
    in isolated environments with allocated resources and permissions.

  *

    *Performance Management* – Using built in tools, you can optimize
    performance out-of-the-box.

  *

    *Physical and Hosted In-place Upgrades *- In-place upgrades for
    common server deployment types are now supported. Additionally,
    virtual machine migration from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 host to
    a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 host is possible, without virtual
    machine modification or downtime.

  *

    *File Systems* – File systems continue to be a major focus of
    development and innovation.

      o

        XFS is now the default file system, supporting file systems up
        to 500TB

      o

        ext4 file systems are now supported to 50TB and include block
        sizes up to 1MB

      o

        btrfs file systems are now available to test

  *

    *Networking* – Enhanced networking configuration and operation.
    Added support for some of the latest networking standards, including:

      o

        40Gb Ethernet support

      o

        Improved channel bonding

      o

        TCP performance improvements

      o

        Low latency socket poll support

  *

    *Storage* – Expanded support for enterprise level storage arrays.
    Improved scalable storage stack for deployments that are less disk
    intensive. Improved storage management for heterogeneous storage
    environments.

  *

    *Windows Interoperability* – Bridge Windows™ and Linux
    infrastructure by integrating SAMBA 4.1 with existing Microsoft
    Active Directory domains. Or, deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    Identity Management in a parallel trust zone with Active Directory.

  *

    *Subsystem Management* – Simplified configuration and administration
    with uniform management tools for networking, storage, file systems,
    performance, identities and security. Leveraging the OpenLMI
    framework, enables use of scripts and APIs to automate management.

Today’s beta announcement marks the beginning of our public journey to 
introduce our vision for the future of enterprise computing. We’re 
excited to be starting this public journey, and look forward to sharing 
our vision with you starting with these key highlights of new and 
enhanced capabilities and continuing on our new Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux-focused blog, located at http://rhelblog.redhat.com/.

*AVAILABILITY*

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 beta is available to Red Hat customers, 
partners, and members of the public. Those interested in trying the Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta can download and install it 
<https://access.redhat.com/site/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Get-Beta> 
and tell us 
<https://www.techvalidate.com/registration/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-7-Beta> 
what interests them most about the Beta.

*ADDITIONAL RESOURCES*

Please visit the below resources for more information about Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 7 Beta.

  *

    Access the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta today:
    https://access.redhat.com/site/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Get-Beta

  *

    Access documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta (requires
    login):

      o

        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta release notes:
        https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Release_Notes/index.html

      o

        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta technical notes:
        https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Technical_Notes/index.html

      o

        Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation:
        https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/

  *

    Follow updates about the Beta via the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Blog:
    http://rhelblog.redhat.com <http://rhelblog.redhat.com/>

Frequently asked questions (FAQ), collateral, presentations and more are 
available on the Product and Technologies (PnT) Portal (requires login) at:

  *

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (Beta):
    https://engineering.redhat.com/pnt/b-408987/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7

  *

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
    https://engineering.redhat.com/pnt/b-543/Platform

Please encourage your customers and partners to download and try Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 7 Beta. For additional details, review the FAQs on the 
PnT Portal or submit a question as a MOMENTUM ticket through the left 
navigation of Salesforce.com.

Sincerely,

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team




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