Server reliability enhances cloud analytics efficiency with fast reboot and infrastructure flexibility
What is our primary use case?
I am working on a Cloud Infra project in which many analytics applications are hosted on Cloud Infra, and their applications are hosted on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
The applications are customer-facing and mainly focus on analytics regarding an automotive company.
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) was pretty smooth, as we can subscribe the servers from the RHEL portal.
We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on both on-premises and public cloud.
What is most valuable?
One of the best features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is that it is lightweight and it is the industry standard.
Whenever I start the servers, they switch on very fast compared to other Linux servers.
We can deploy clusters in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and we can scale up and scale down our infrastructure with the help of the RHEL server.
The subscription model and vendor support are also good. We can subscribe our servers to RHEL so that we can get the packages installed for our project-related dependencies.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has positively impacted my organization. The speed of the applications has improved after deploying them on RHEL.
Whenever we face an issue and need to reboot the server, it comes up very fast compared to other servers, and it has improved the latency of our applications.
Time has been saved since using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and the application performance has improved after using it.
What needs improvement?
There should be some automation for patching the servers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Patching in the sense that automatically, whatever servers we need, we can patch them using a utility present inside RHEL.
It is stable, but compared to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu is more stable for Kubernetes and Docker-related applications. If improvements can be made in RHEL so Docker and Kubernetes-based applications can be deployed more easily, that would be great.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for the past six months.
How are customer service and support?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) scales up very easily, and RHEL vendor support is also good; it has helped us many times.
We are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) from the start; we can see that RHEL provides good vendor support and bug fixes.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not evaluate any other options before choosing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
What other advice do I have?
I can see more improvements can be added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). They provide many certifications such as RHCE and RHCSA which are very important for learning Linux, learning about automation, and deploying the servers in the cloud.
The architect-level certifications are very important. The customer support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) rates around an eight.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a great platform to learn Linux. Red Hat provides many certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, and RHCA, which is architect level.
RHCA is an architect-level certification through which you can learn Ansible and many automation-related activities in Linux; it can help you grow your Linux knowledge as a professional in the IT industry.
I would rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) an 8.5 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Offers good security and clustering but virtualization management and support need improvement
What is our primary use case?
We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux for our applications. I use it for many applications, especially SAP.
We install it on the server so that we can install our applications running on that server.
How has it helped my organization?
The benefits I get from this operating system are that it's secure, easy to use, and stable.
What is most valuable?
I find the clustering feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux the most useful. It helps us to cluster our application service to maintain high availability.
I access the knowledge base offered by Red Hat Enterprise Linux through their websites. The knowledge base is helpful to me.
The Image Builder is easy to set up, and overall, it is helpful to me.
What needs improvement?
I recommend that they improve their virtualization product, specifically the management console.
Support should definitely be improved.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I do not have any complaints with the stability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux in multiple locations. We are using it in the IT industry.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate their support a three out of ten. I find them slow to respond. The quality of support is not acceptable in the way they provide solutions.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
I manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems by installing it from the disk, specifically from a CD-ROM. It requires maintenance from our side. We have 11 people for maintenance in the team.
What was our ROI?
I have not seen a return on investment since I started using it. The cost is a reason for that.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I find the cost of this solution expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend not using Red Hat Enterprise Linux because there are better products out there. I prefer SUSE because of the cost and other features.
I would rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux as four out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Good
What do you like best about the product?
Availability and speed
The seller's attention
What do you dislike about the product?
The Times when the download is performed
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
No
The reason why I use RedHat
What do you like best about the product?
What I liked most about Enterprise Linux is that it is a solid and reliable platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
Being available for businesses is complicated for people who are just learning
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
License cost
Learning curve
Secure to work with
What do you like best about the product?
I like the fact that it's secure and stable out of the gate, there is great support for enterprice software that needs to run with as minimal downtime as posible
What do you dislike about the product?
The thing I like the least about RHEL is trying to get a licence to work with it in a home lab setting
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its solving the problem of having a stable OS on servers with a ecosystem that is constantly getting better and better
Frequent need for updates and lack of stability can be problematic
What is our primary use case?
We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux across different versions, from six to nine, to run various applications. Our main area of focus involves using Satellite support to manage and patch both the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS and specific applications like OpenShift and other products supported by Red Hat. We have multiple environments, including Azure, AWS, and a standalone eXs host.
What needs improvement?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux's patching process needs improvement, particularly in achieving consistency. Currently, when you patch, you might not have control over the timing, leading to different software packages ending up at different patch levels. This lack of consistency can make it challenging to manage and control the various components effectively. My background is in IBM AIX, so the patching is based on the technology level and the service pack level, so all the related patches stay at the same level.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ten years.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the knowledge base offered by Red Hat as average. I would rate their support as a three out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We also use IBM AIX. I prefer AIX, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux is cheaper. However, IBM has real technical support. You can call a 1-800 number and get a technician on the line. That's real technical support. Red Hat requires you to email them and schedule a call.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a five out of 10.
I don't see Red Hat Enterprise Linux's built-in security features as effectively simplifying risk reduction and compliance. We use AIX, but still, we face a lot of vulnerabilities from Red Hat that need frequent patching, often monthly. This frequent need for updates, along with the rapid changes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases, can be frustrating and lead to instability. In the banking industry, where we take vulnerabilities seriously, these frequent releases and lack of stability can be problematic.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
It's a bit of hard for first time user
What do you like best about the product?
The visualization is way much better than the traditional Linux interface.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's not that intuitive for me as a first-time user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Building an internal project. I am using it to manage the files and system performance.
The best linux env to deploy your applications
What do you like best about the product?
It is industrial grade and easy to manage and scale anywhere platform to deploy nifi services for us , it can fit upto your usecase
What do you dislike about the product?
Inability to auto scale is the biggest dissapointment here
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are not solving any problems but deploying our nifi services in RHEL
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You must go witht rhel on aws , this combination works really fine for most of the use cases
it is more stable and comfortable desktop development.
What do you like best about the product?
software appearance, which helps to look for what I want exactly
What do you dislike about the product?
it has become old and hoping we will have a new one
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
the Best interface for google but not anymore
The operating system
What do you like best about the product?
It is a multiplatform product, it has adequate support, it supports several critical level applications, it is a good option for the deployment of any application.
It is supported on various virtual and hardware platforms.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost of the product, and the complexity of implementing control tools, it is necessary to have advanced knowledge to carry out a correct deployment of some fairly complex application.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Server deployment and control for the distribution of security patches.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider other alternatives to the Linux distribution, since there are others on the market that provide better service at the level of support and product.
