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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Amazon Web Services | 8.9 v20240327

Linux/Unix, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0_HVM_GA - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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713 reviews
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    Computer Software

RHEL Review

  • August 15, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The stability attained over a period of time with consistent growth in support and updates
What do you dislike about the product?
securability can still be enhanced with the addition of new plugins and cryptography.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Infrastructure for highly scalable solutions/software with high availability and scalability being the prime concern


    Ian N.

A reboot pirates life for me

  • August 15, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Ability to scale environment across both virtual and physical hardware. The support is also outstanding for what we currently have.
What do you dislike about the product?
Issues with migration from the classic support network have caised serious issues and delays for my engineering team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Old legacy systems that cannot or will not be supported are being moved over to red hat for a performance increase and high availability aspect.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it before you knock it, if you haven't tried it I am not quite sure where you have been for the last decades.


    Simon P.

Excellent performance

  • July 15, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The system is well designed and thought out, the support is good and the environment very pleasant to use. RedHat is a very good Linux distribution, I've used several other distributions, RedHat is good.
What do you dislike about the product?
I cannot say there is anything I dislike about RedHat, the system works well and I like the fact that everything is accessible.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use RedHat linux on military systems to implement control and GUI interfaces for weapon system operators.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
RedHat was chosen as the Linux distribution because the project requires commercial support. We use QT 5.6 on RedHat and the performance is excellent.


    Staffing and Recruiting

Red Hat Review

  • July 13, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?

Redhat Linux is widely supported by the application manufacturers, so those applications could be installed easily and documentation is available from the vendor sites.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not dislike it, very user friendly. Could have more apps available. Linux drivers are terrible at best, open source software not very compatible with many peripherals.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Built in support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Smart Virtualization cannot go wrong with virtual server


    Telecommunications

A great Linux OS with great Enterprise Level Support

  • July 04, 2017
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I love the enterprise class OS that we can rely on to be properly supported and maintained year over year. The wide range of support for software and packages is a real win for this platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost of support and the licensing requirement is frustrating and can be expensive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Running enterprise class server solutions reliably and with appropriate support for maintaining tight SLAs.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
RedHat Enterprise Linux is great, however if you don't require the support you can always use an alternative distro such as CentOS or Scientific Linux!


    Public Policy

The best Enterprise linux

  • July 03, 2017
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Good Support, Huge knowledge base. Easy Licensing application. Stability
What do you dislike about the product?
Cannot upgrade from a major version to next major version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Unified linux version for our servers, Hardware of our suppliers supported.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the right choice if you want a enterprise Linux.


    Information Technology and Services

RHEL, The OS for real computer users

  • March 28, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The ability to control every little aspect of administration
What do you dislike about the product?
the stock console color scheme that is set by RHEL, id rather see text on a white backgound. When things are blue its terrible
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use RHEL for all of our servers, it provides much better stability and patch management than windows
Recommendations to others considering the product:
good admins that know what they are doing


    Matt C.

Assistant Network Administrator

  • March 16, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The support for the Operating Systems and how customizible they are. We are taking full advantage of the free open source operating systems when funds are limited.
What do you dislike about the product?
Relying on a community of helpful people for support is a different mindset compared to using Windows Server or Mac OSX where there is a corporation to call for support.

Note: The community is always incredibly helpful!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We run our network registration server on CentOS and one of our survey servers on another distribution of CentOS. The setup was incredibly easy and maintenance is relatively simple.


    Information Technology and Services

Ubuntu

  • February 23, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Ease of installation and how it uses only minimal space.
What do you dislike about the product?
The office tools are not as elaborate as competition
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I needed a legit solution which does not increase the cost of my additional resources. By using RH, I have achieved my plan of production effectively.


    Gordon M.

Stable, Secure, Supported, and Free

  • February 04, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Red Hat contributes significant engineering resources to the core projects in the GNU/Linux ecosystem. They're highly committed to Free Software. All of their code is available under licenses that make it useful, including products they acquire.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's really nothing I dislike about Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It's as close to ideal as I can imagine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All of our core infrastructure runs on top of RHEL. Red Hat's policies and practices give us a very stable foundation for our operations.