Comment Re:New Sun Hardware Requires New Kernel Version (Score 1) 177
I fully agree that most people here are missing the point. Redhat (and CentOS) use a 2.6.18 kernel, which they back port patches and driver to as they turn up. This is actually a major problem because those back ports do not always work and require some major structural changes to the driver code. The initial 2.6.18 kernel was released in Sept 2006 and the final update to that release branch 2.6.18.8 was released in Feb. 2007. It is ridiculous in the world of Linux to base a mission critical application on a 4 year old code base.
In addition to this the stock Redhat kernel is a compromise between desktop usability and server performance. If you need any kind of throughput, say for a database server, you have to recompile the kernel and change a whole bunch of settings. If you have ever tried to do this you will find out how much of a nightmare it is on a Redhat system which doesn't even fully support udev. I have had to do this more often than I care to count and every time I insist that my clients either send the server to me, or get an IP KVM and a remotely switchable power strip.