DOCS-6937: Remove supported kernel table, in favor of more general gu…

source/administration/production-notes.txt

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ can modify different documents in a collection at the same time.
 
 .. seealso:: :ref:`prod-notes-ram` provides information about how WiredTiger
    takes advantage of multiple CPU cores and how to improve operation
-   throughput.   
+   throughput.
 
 Data Consistency
 ----------------
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ MMAPv1
 
 Due to its concurrency model, the :ref:`MMAPv1 <storage-mmapv1>` storage engine does not
 require many CPU cores. As such, increasing the number of cores can
-improve performance but does not provide significant return. 
+improve performance but does not provide significant return.
 
 At a minimum, ensure that your :program:`mongod` or :program:`mongos`
 has access to two real cores or one physical CPU.
@@ -488,28 +488,26 @@ MongoDB on Linux
 Kernel and File Systems
 ```````````````````````
 
-When running MongoDB in production on Linux, it is recommended that
-you use Linux kernel version 2.6.36 or later.
+When running MongoDB in production on Linux, you should use Linux
+kernel version 2.6.36 or later, with either the XFS or EXT4 filesystem.
+If possible, use XFS as it generally performs better with MongoDB.
 
-With the MMAPv1 storage engine, MongoDB preallocates its database files
-before using them and often creates large files. As such, you should
-use the XFS and EXT4 file systems. If possible, use XFS as it generally
-performs better with MongoDB.
+With the WiredTiger storage engine in particular, use of XFS is
+**strongly recommended** to avoid performance issues that have been
+observed when using EXT4 with WiredTiger.
 
-With the WiredTiger storage engine, use of XFS is **strongly
-recommended** to avoid performance issues that have been observed when
-using EXT4 with WiredTiger.
-
-- In general, if you use the XFS file system, use at least version
+- If you use the XFS file system, use at least version
   ``2.6.25`` of the Linux Kernel.
 
-- In general, if you use the EXT4 file system, use at least version
-  ``2.6.23`` of the Linux Kernel.
+  .. Required for fallocate()
+
+- If you use the EXT4 file system, use at least version
+  ``2.6.28`` of the Linux Kernel.
 
-- Some Linux distributions require different versions of the kernel to
-  support using XFS and/or EXT4:
+  .. Initial stable release
 
-  .. include:: /includes/table/linux-kernel-version-production.rst
+- On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS, use at least version
+  ``2.6.18-194`` of the Linux kernel.
 
 ``fsync()`` on Directories
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