Kyle Gasho wrote: > So what is the advantage of paying $799.00 or even $1500.00 for Red > Hat AS? Why not purchase retail box of version 9.0 or download for > free and purchase an entitlement? > > Don't you get the same product more or less? >
Not even close, Kyle. RedHat AS2.1 is based off the 7.2 retail version, but with quite a few changes. There have been several tweaks for memory management, multiple cpu efficiency and scaling, better SCSI subsystem, among other things. The AS product line is geared more towards enterprise level servers and workstations. That is why it is now called RedHat Enterprise Linux WS/ES/AS (the three different releases of this). The updates to the RHEL products are not as frequent and often not as "cutting-edge" as the retail versions. This is so that companies have a more "stable" platform for their enterprise applications, and so that Third Party Vendors (Oracle, Veritas, etc.) don't have to keep re-testing and re-certifying their products for each new retail version that pops up every few months. The different levels of subscriptions give you different levels of support. For $799/yr. you get basic installation support and all the updates you want. For $1500/yr. you get support for installation and configuration and on-going support for the product, plus all the updates. For $2500/yr. you get priority support for everything including clustering and high availability, plus the updates. So, it depends on what you are using the product for and what kind of support you need. My personal opinion is that if you are going to use any major enterprise application on RedHat (such as Oracle database, Domino, or anything of that nature) then you should be using the RHEL line of products and be willing to pay the annual subscription since you are also paying for the application that you are going to run on it. Chances are the subscription is far less than what you pay for the application. Brad Sites Systems Administrator Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mem-ins.com (573) 499-4230 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
