The SLERT extensions are built on top of the core SLE operating system code base and were first delivered in September 2006 following a joint development with real time specialist Concurrent Computer.
The SP1 patch for SLE 10, released last week, has updated storage software, and the maintenance update for SLERT will take advantage of the new high availability and processor support, as well as the Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution open source InfiniBand stack.
Earlier this week Novell announced that it was teaming up with InfiniBand switch specialist, Voltaire, to create a low latency solution based on SLERT, Voltaire Grid Backbone, and OFED) 1.2 InfiniBand software to improve performance of real-time trading applications.
The SLERT maintenance update will be launched in July, while Novell is already working on a major rev of the real time extensions, with a focus on improved latency and performance for massively threaded applications.
