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Scalability
Host:• Up to 256 cores, 1 TB RAM
Guest:• Up to 16vCPU, 64 GB RAM
Clusters:• Over 50 hosts per cluster
Predictable, scalable performance for enterprise work-•
loads from SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Apache, etc.
Robust, proven security model
Built on proven, stable, and secure Red Hat•
Enterprise Linux. Including SELinux security infrastruc-
ture developed in conjunction with US National Security
Agency (NSA).
Advanced features
Memory page sharing, advanced scheduling capabilities, •
and more, inherited from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
kernel
Guest operating system support
Paravirtualized network and block drivers for highest•
performance
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Guests (32-bit and 64-bit): •
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5
Microsoft• ®Windows® Guests (32-bit and 64-bit):
Windows 2003 server, Windows 2008 server, Windows
XP. SVVP, and WHQL certied
Hardware support
All 64-bit x86 servers that support Intel VT or •
AMD-V technology and are certied for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 are certied for Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization supports NAS/NFS, •
Fibre Channel, and iSCSI storage topologies.
PRICING AND PACKAGING
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers is available
as a subscription including Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization Manager for Servers and the Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization bare metal hypervisor. Optionally,
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization can manage Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (purchased separately) deployed as hyper-
visor nodes.
Red Hat's simple subscription price structure provides 40
to 80 percent lower cost compared to other solutions for
the same feature set. The subscription model allows cus-
tomers to take advantage of future roadmap infrastructure
advancements at no incremental cost.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Hypervisor hosts: 64-bit capable x86 servers supporting
Intel VT or AMD-V hardware virtualization technology and
certied for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
Must be running the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
bare metal Hypervisor (included with Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization) or optionally Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
or later (purchased separately)
Management server: x86 server running US English
language version of Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2,
.Net 3.5 or later, Application Server role installed Windows
Server 2008 not supported
Management console: x86 desktop or server running
Windows XP SP2 or later, Windows Vista, Windows 7,
Windows Server 2003 or later, and Internet Explorer 6-8
WHAT NEXT?
For more information, please go to http://www.redhat.
com/virtualization or contact your local Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization reseller.
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