In short:
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Distribution: redhat 7.3
Now you probably don't want to hear this but since running GNU/Linux is all about performance, protecting assets and providing services in a continuous, stable and secure way
you must know Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Linux maintenance and errata support ended on April 30 of 2004 for all YES ALL Red Hat Linux releases (not RHEL) so update using Fedora Legacy while you plan your migration and make it snappy. If you like what RH provides but don't want to pay for RHEL you could run CentOS. If you like what RH provides then you could run Fedora Core. Else check out the brain-blistering amount of "choose a distro" threads here.