The Red Hat Enterprise Linux family is the industry's most comprehensive suite of Linux operating systems--designed for mission-critical enterprise computing and certified by top enterprise software vendors.

It delivers the highest levels of performance and value--combining the innovation of open source technology with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. Now you can deploy Linux in the most demanding environments, from the desktop to the datacenter.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux products are delivered through an annual subscription with one year of support services and access to Red Hat Enterprise Network. This ensures your systems stay reliable and secure.

The complete Red Hat Enterprise Linux family:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (formerly Red Hat Linux Advanced Server) is the top-of-the-line enterprise Linux solution. Supporting the largest X86-compatible servers and available with the highest levels of support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS is the ultimate solution for large departmental and datacenter server deployments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES is the perfect server operating system solution for the majority of today's business computing needs--suitable for systems ranging from the edge-of-network to medium-scale departmental deployments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS is the desktop/client partner for Enterprise Linux AS and Enterprise Linux ES. Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS is ideal for client-server deployments, S/W development environments, and specialized ISV client applications.

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server for the Itanium Processor
Provides the same functionality as Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for servers using Intel's Itanium 2 processor.

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor
Provides the same functionality as Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS for workstations using Intel's Itanium 2 processor.

• Stability - 12-18 month release cycle and five years of support for every version.
  
  
• Performance - With multiple kernel performance enhancements and the audited industry-standard benchmark results to prove it.
  
  
• Manageability - Red Hat Enterprise Network is included. Provides industry-leading patch/security management and delivery, and optional system monitoring.
  
  
• Applications - Rapid adoption of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux family by ISVs means the applications you need to run your business, from vendors such as Oracle, VERITAS, BEA, CA, and IBM, are available and fully certified. Even better, because all Red Hat Enterprise Linux family members are based on the same core operating system foundation, when an application is certified on one family member it is automatically certified on them all.
  
  
• Certified hardware - Major hardware OEMs, including Dell, HP, and IBM, have certified their systems to run with Red Hat Enterprise Linux products.