[Announce] New release: RHEL5 kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 028stab021.1

[Kir Kolyshkin]

OpenVZ project has released the first RHEL5 based OpenVZ kernel.
Read below for more information.


Status
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This kernel was in testing for quite some time, and RHEL5 branch will 
soon replace the current stable (2.6.9-based) kernels. If you are 
currently using the stable kernels, it's time to try this one.


Changes
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Kernel is essentially a RHEL5 kernel enriched with the power of OpenVZ 
virtualization technology. Compared to the current stable (2.6.9-based) 
kernels, it has a few new features added:

    * per-VE I/O accounting
    * per-VE priority-based I/O scheduling
    * FUSE support in VE
    * NFS client support in VE
    * IPv6 support in VE
    * IA64 checkpointing/live migration


Download
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http://openvz.org/download/kernel/rhel5/


Bug reporting
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Use http://bugzilla.openvz.org/ to report any bugs found.


Best regards,
  OpenVZ team.