BackupEDGE Red Hat / Fedora / CentOS Support
We've tried, but because of the frequency of updates to Fedora / Fedora Core, it is impossible to support. We've had many instances of a daily automatic update of Fedora, which are supposed to be "minor" fixes, change the system enough to break BackupEDGE / RecoverEDGE functionality. As of December 1, 2007 no further development efforts will be made on Fedora releases.
Installations / activations / updates of BackupEDGE on Fedora or Fedora Core are not allowed.
As you make operating system selections based on Red Hat technologies, please remember the following...
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercially supported operating system, and the reference platform for BackupEDGE / RecoverEDGE support.
- CentOS is a community supported operating system derived from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. It is the operating system of choice for BackupEDGE / RecoverEDGE users wanting to use a "free" operating system.
- Fedora / Fedora Core is NOT the next version of legacy Red Hat Linux. It has been designated an experimental operating system, and as such it changes entirely too rapidly to be supported by a commercial product requiring intimate kernel and disk preparation knowledge.
Users of software written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or just thinking about deploying Fedora in a production environment, should really be considering Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS depending on their support requirements.