Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86-64, Power ISA, ARM64, and IBM Z and a desktop version for x86-64. Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market.
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So if this machine was a 4 socket system, you'd be afoul of the supportability of the system and Red Hat technical support may not respond to cases opened against this system. Red Hat Support you call into or file cases against) limits rather than technological ones. The functionality of it may exceed whats listed in the article (for example, the # of sockets), however those are support (e.g. Homogeneity, amongst my own server population, is highly article you linked describes the supportability of the Workstation version.
Likewise in Workstation there's a Server Supplementary that gives you more service/daemon RPMs.Īs far as migrating it to Server, that's a choice you, as the administrator, will have to make. In Server, there's a channel called Workstation Supplementary that provides a bunch of GUI application stuff. Though generally you can get the RHEL packages eliminated through additional, supplementary channels in Subscription Manager. Software wise, the point that there are package repository differences between the Workstation version and Server version. Lastly, on the topic of support, generally there is a lower SLA on Workstation entitled boxes than on Server ones, but that would be determined largely by how you purchase and the contracts through which you purchase RHEL. Article you linked describes the supportability of the Workstation version.