Red Hat Enterprise Linux support policy (EOL dates)Edit
This page at Red Hat outlines their support policy for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux products.
In short:
- Full support: first 2.5 years
- Deployment: first 3 years
- Maintenance: first 7 years
In the specific case of RHEL 3, that means:
- General Availability: Oct 23, 2003
- Full Support (including hardware updates): Oct 23, 2003 – April 30, 2006
- Deployment Support: May 1, 2006 – Oct 31, 2006
- Maintenance Support: Nov 1, 2006 – Oct 31, 2010
In the case of RHEL 4, that means:
- General Availability: Feb 15, 2005
- Full Support (including hardware updates): Feb 15, 2005 – Aug 31, 2007
- Deployment Support: Sep 1, 2007 – Feb 29, 2008
- Maintenance Support: Mar 1, 2008 – Feb 29, 2012
In the case of RHEL 5, that means:
- General Availability: Mar 14, 2007
- Full Support (including hardware updates): Mar 14, 2007 – Sep 30, 2009
- Deployment Support: Oct 1, 2009 – Mar 31, 2010
- Maintenance Support: Apr 1, 2010 – Mar 31, 2014
Would be really nice to be able to move to RHEL 5 and forget about upgrading until 2014. As it comes with Apache 2.2 standard, things like Rails deployment would be a lot more straightforward.