Migration from RedHat Linux 9.0 to RedHat Enterprise 3.0

[Vivek Kumar]

I think Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 will be a good soultion keeping
support, features and services in mind. I have all three (AS,ES and WS)
and I used AS and ES on my servers serving mail, DNS, DHCP and HTTP.

VK
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 05:44, Michel Fayez wrote:
> Hi all,
>        
>        Here I have a little decision that I have to
> make in my corporate. I have an old and small system
> that runs on a VAX machine with the clients logged on
> from terminal through a terminal server. I have the
> responsibility to upgrade this system with the least
> cost that could be ever possible.
>  
>        I have chosen Red Hat Linux 9.0 to use it on
> some high configuration PC, using the same hardware
> existing(Network Infrastructure, Terminal Servers,
> VT420 Consoles connecting to the PC).
> 
>        I need now to obtain the commercial license for
> Red Hat as the deployment process is going to start. I
> found that Red Hat 9.0 is not for sale any more. Thus,
> I have a few questions:
> 
> 1) Do I need the upgrade to Linux Enterprise 3.0, or
> the current Red Hat Linux 9.0 is sufficient for my
> simple configuration?
> 2) If I do not need any upgrade, what about the
> support that could be obtained from the Red Hat
> company or other Linux communities. Is it available,
> or it is a bad choice to use an old version of OS that
> is not supported anymore?
> 3) I am rather new to the Linux world, so will it be
> available to get more packages with low cost if I
> decided to be sticked with RedHat Linux 9.0?
> 4) If I have to upgrade to Linux Enterprise 3.0, which
> family (AS, WS, ES)?
> 5) I think AS family is out of my thinking because it
> is too big of my project. I wonder now what to use the
> ES or the WS. I know the WS is used for client
> configuration but it is not a subset of the ES. Also,
> the ES is used as a server configuration but it does
> not include all the features and packages of the WS. I
> wonder if I obtained any of them, could add what I
> need more from the other's packages and at what cost?
> 
>         Thanks for your time ...
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> Eng. Michel Fayez
> Senior System Programmer
> Egypt.
> 
> 
> 	
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