As a Linux developer, it’s hard for me to be that interested in Xen…
When you think about it, it is really quite silly. We advocate Linux for
everything from embedded systems to systems requiring real-time
performance, to high-end mainframes. I trust Linux to run on my dvd
player, my laptop, and to run on the servers that manage my 401k.
Is virtualization so much harder than every other problem in the
industry that Linux is somehow incompatible of doing it well on its own?
Of course not.
– Anthony Liguori, Qemu maintainer

Tags: KVM,Linux,OpenSource,Virtualisation
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Red Hat, Virtualization
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Now also the Red Hat Support for Itanium with RHEL 6 is dead! That exactly what we feel 3 years ago.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/redhat_rhel6_itanium_dead/

http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Red-Hat-beendet-Entwicklung-fuer-Itanium-Update-890195.html

I very happy that we decide to go with Standardsever, on the longterm that was the best Decision

Tags: Linux,Red Hat,Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Red Hat
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Since I saw the Demo at the Red Hat Summit 2009 in Chicago I wait for that Release.

This Software has really the chance to break the Vmware Monopol inside Companys. It’s really designed for a Multivendor  Enviroment like ours.

The Hypervisor RHEV-H is in fact a RHEL 5.4 mean that no spez. Certification is needed, also the RHEV-M is a GUI ( right now based on Windows ) that fit perfect with ADS.

http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev

Categories: Red Hat
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Since today the Red Hat Award Final is running under the following link:

http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2009/awards/

Please vote for Hilti so we could win this Contest

Thanks for your vote

http://customers.redhat.com/2009/08/18/hilti-standardizes-global-mission-critical-systems-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-atix-open-sharedroot-and-sap%C2%AE-solutions/

Tags: Linux,Red Hat
Categories: Linux, Red Hat
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End of July  the Open-Sharedroot Feature was accepted in Fedora 12:

–> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Opensharedroot

That is really a good news for Open-Sharedroot Fans like me. So the possibility that OSR will be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is 100% higher.

Also if it not included the Support Problematic is extrem lower.

I really hope that OSR make it to the final Fedora 12 in October

Tags: atix,Open-Sharedroot,Red Hat
Categories: Linux, Open-Sharedroot, Red Hat, Red Hat Cluster Suite
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Hilti wird für die Migration seiner Applikationen SAP CRM und SAP ERP auf ein Red-Hat-System mit einem Innovation Award 2009 ausgezeichnet.

http://www.swissitmagazine.ch/it-markt/awardspollsauszeichnungen/articles/224659/

http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2009/iafinalists.html

http://www.itreseller.ch/news/NW_single.cfm?nw_ID=34095

Ich denke wir haben diesen Award verdient durch harte Arbeit die letzten 3 Jahre. Trotz allen Widrigkeiten und vielen Steinen haben wir unsere Entscheidung nach Linux zu migrieren erfolgreich durchgezogen.

Tags: award,Linux,Red Hat
Categories: Linux, Red Hat, Red Hat Cluster Suite
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Fedora 11 was just released, looks very promising for RHEL 6. I will really look into it more in detail.

Categories: Linux, Linux on Desktop, Open Source, Red Hat
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In the Government Area Switzerland is really not in the Top 10 Maybe that’s also the reason because OpenSource never get the chance !

Red Hat get the Lead to change to challenge Microsoft in this area. I really hope they win with this, and give OpenSource a chance.

http://press.redhat.com/2009/05/21/red-hat-challenges-microsoft-lock-in-and-seeks-open-competition-in-switzerland/

Also in the News:

http://www.digitale-nachhaltigkeit.ch/2009/05/20052009-open-business-lunch-bern-%C2%ABopen-source-lobbying-im-bundeshaus%C2%BB/

Tags: ch/open,desktop,Government,Linux,OpenSource
Categories: Linux, Linux on Desktop, Open Source, Red Hat
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Jetzt sollte es keine neuen Funktionen / Backports oder andere Feature mehr für RHEL4 geben, da wir uns  im Production 2 Phase befinden.

Wenn man sich so die Release Notes durchliest oder den changelog einzelner rpm’s anschaut fragt man sich wie das überhaupt jemals funktoniert hat.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/4.8/html/Release_Notes/index.html

Zum Glück können wir diesen Release auslassen da wir jetzt EUS Support haben. Auch frage ich mich ob alle unsere hotfixes im RHEL4.8 drin sind. Der rgmanager hat sicher noch nicht alle fixes erhalten. Was mir aufgefallen ist das scheinbar der OFED Stack 1.4 integriert wurde, heisst die Infinibandtreiber dürften recht aktuell sein.

Categories: Linux, Red Hat, Red Hat Cluster Suite
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Lieber später als voller Fehler ! Die Featureliste ist doch beträchtlich hoffe das funktoniert dann auch noch alles:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList

Categories: Linux, Linux on Desktop, Open Source, Red Hat, Red Hat Cluster Suite
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