Below chart shows you the comparison of various features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux between version 4, 5 and 6.
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Version 4
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Version 5
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Version 6
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Maximum Logical CPUs
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X86
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32
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32
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32
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Itanium 2
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256/512
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256/1024
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NA
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X86_64
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64/64
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160/255
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160/4096
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POWER
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64/128
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128/128
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128
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Maximum Memory
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X86
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64GB
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16GB
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16GB
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Itanium 2
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2TB
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2TB
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NA
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X86_64
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256GB/1TB
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1TB
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3TB/64TB
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POWER
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128GB/1TB
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512GB/1TB
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2TB
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Required Minimum
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X86
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256MB
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512MB minimum/1GB/logical CPU recommended
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512MB minimum/1GB/logical CPU recommended
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X86_64
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256MB
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512MB minimum/1GB/logical CPU recommended
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512MB minimum/1GB/logical CPU recommended
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Itanium 2
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512MB
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512MB minimum/1GB/logical CPU recommended
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NA
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POWER
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512MB
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1GB minimum/ 2GB recommended
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2GB minimum/ 2GB required per install
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Minimum Disk Space
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800MB
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1GB minimum/ 5GB recommended
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1GB minimum/ 5GB recommended
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File systems & storage limits
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Maximum filesize (Ext3)
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2TB
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2TB
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2TB
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Maximum filesystem size (Ext3)
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8TB
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16TB
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16TB
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Maximum filesize (Ext4)
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---
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16TB
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16TB
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Maximum filesystem size (Ext4)
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---
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1EB
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1EB
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Maximum filesize (GFS)
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16TB/8EB *
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16TB/8EB *
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NA
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Maximum filesystem size (GFS)
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16TB/8EB *
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16TB/8EB *
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NA
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Maximum filesize (GFS2)
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---
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100TB
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100TB
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Maximum filesystem size (GFS2)
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---
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100TB
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100TB
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Maximum filesize (XFS)
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---
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100TB
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100TB
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Maximum filesystem size (XFS)
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---
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100TB
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100TB
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Kernel and OS features
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Kernel foundation
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Linux 2.6.9
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Linux 2.6.18
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Linux 2.6.32-2.6.34
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Compiler
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GCC 3.4
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GCC 4.1
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GCC 4.4
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NOTE: * If there are any 32-bit machines in the cluster, the maximum gfs file system size is 16TB. If all machines in the cluster are 64-bit, the maximum size is 8EB
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