SWsoft supports Red Hat, adds Linux support to VPS technology
Automation and enterprise server software provider SWsoft Inc. announced Plesk 6 control panel software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Hosting service providers and business partners would use Plesk 6 to install and manage servers running Red Hat. The agreement also calls for SWsoft to provide long-term support for Red Hat Enterprise 2.1 and develop the software to integrate with the Red Hat Enterprise Network.
Also, SWsoft announced enhanced support for Linux on its Virtuozzo 2.5.1 virtual private server technology. The product now supports more than 5,000 instances of Linux on x86 Intel servers. At an IBM testing lab, Virtuozzo 2.5.1 allowed each VPS to scale up to 16 CPUs and 64GB of RAM, SWsoft said.
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