We mainly use RPM-based systems to give our developers virtual machines.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP with HA and Update Services 9.2
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Offers stability and long-term support
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of using RHEL for us are the standard way to run Linux and tools like NetworkManager. They make things easier for us.
What needs improvement?
I prefer a product that offers everything in a yearly subscription, like VMware, and I think RHEL should consider offering it as well.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using RHEL for 15 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution is good.
How was the initial setup?
We use RHEL deployed in different zones, only on-premise, not in the cloud. Deploying RHEL depends on the end user, but migrations aren't usually a problem due to site forwards. The hardest part is dealing with end-user applications on the machines. We use Ansible for scripting, especially with Oracle. Sometimes, meeting the end of life for RHEL versions is tough, and we have had to buy extended support for RHE because some applications reached the end of life within a year. I appreciate the extended support option, though I prefer not to use it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
RHEL's pricing and licensing are quite expensive. For a big company, paying these fees might be manageable, but as a government organization, spending tax money on such expensive solutions is challenging, even though we do have the funds.
What other advice do I have?
I see benefits in using RHEL because it offers stability and long-term support. Although we use both RHEL and Ubuntu, I have noticed that updates in Ubuntu can change things unexpectedly within a main release, which I don't like. That is why I focus on RHEL for its consistent and reliable updates.
RHEL's built-in security features are very good for risk reduction, business continuity, and maintaining compliance. We apply security guidelines in Linux using RHEL, which provides all the necessary baselines. We can choose and apply what we need directly to our RHEL systems.
I would say that open-source cloud-based operating systems like Debian are stable and have been around for a long time. There is a whole community supporting it, making it a strong alternative to RHEL with fewer licensing costs.
Overall, I would rate RHEL as a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
RHEL Rules
What do you like best about the product?
Great support, active community, opensource, and good training. I can geat everything done with speed.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the diferent GUI's cause confusion for users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RHEL being the host is just making management easier
RHEL
What do you like best about the product?
The support and engagement from Red Hat. Also the stability.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like Satellite for OS Patches. 5
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is our general use OS of choice.
Extremely reliable and improves support for container management within our organization
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use RHEL for data analysis servers supporting our scientific researchers, who access the systems remotely.
What is most valuable?
The reliability and long support lifespan of RHEL are crucial for us. It lasts for ten years, meaning we don't need frequent changes. Updates are quick, simple, and reliable, automatically backing out if issues arise, saving us from patching headaches.
What needs improvement?
I'm eager to see how the AI features in RHEL can enhance our capabilities. We hope it will improve tasks we have found challenging in the past, like documentation searches. We are particularly interested in automation and easily finding information.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using RHEL for 15 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
RHEL is scalable. We have scaled our data analysis clusters with it quite well.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the customer support as a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Deploying RHEL for the first time was simple. It was a long time ago, and we had documentation from previous admins which made it straightforward. We did the deployment on our own.
What was our ROI?
We have seen ROI with RHEL. Our biggest investment is in professional development through Red Hat Summit, online training, and a Red Hat Learning subscription, which we have used for courses.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Our experience with RHEL pricing and setup costs has been good. We will be purchasing an extended license for another year.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have used RHEL since I joined my company about 15 years ago. We have looked at other options like Fedora and Ubuntu for more up-to-date libraries, but we keep coming back to RHEL for its reliability and long-term support.
What other advice do I have?
Using RHEL for containers has simplified our processes. While we, as system managers, aren't heavily involved in development, we provide RHEL containers for our developers. Overall, it has improved support for container management within our organization.
We rely on Linux for our web and file servers to ensure file integrity and service verification. Additionally, we use the host firewall regularly on all our hosts for enhanced security.
We started agile development and containers help us by making it easier for developers to teardown and recreate environments. This allows for more frequent updates, improving our workflow.
Our Red Hat portfolio reduced our cost of ownership by using RHEL Workstation instead of full server licenses where possible, saving money. We use full RHEL only on our enterprise production servers.
I would advise a colleague to check out Red Hat for its long-term support and reliability compared to other open-source Linux-based operating systems.
Overall, I would rate RHEL as a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
RHEL Lifecycle Management
What do you like best about the product?
We use RHEL for everything. The Red Hat team has been a partner with us throughout our entire journey from datacenters to cloud.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of integration between the tools to support and run RHEL. We'd love for Satellitte, Insights, In Place Upgrades, and Image Builder to be a more opionated and integrated suite of tools. Rather than a disparate group of tools that needs a consulting team to stitch together. It impacts our ability to manage and deploy RHEL at scale.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing a common platform all our users.
I have been using RHEL since version 4 and I love it.
What do you like best about the product?
Red hat linux in my opinion is one of the best operating systems out there in the terms of scalability and maintenance.
What do you dislike about the product?
with the addition of Network Manager in the newer versions it took away the ability to easily edit the config files.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are leaning toward ansible to assist in our day to day activities.
RHEL works best for Oracle database
What do you like best about the product?
robust documentation, support for all of the Oracle tuning i need to do
What do you dislike about the product?
tmux is baked in to our setup now and I dont like that
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Supporting Oracle database in a HA environment
RHEL is stable
What do you like best about the product?
Great operating system, very stable and has support for the community
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing, is the best system operating. I recommend this product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
is using as application server. support all the operation of our service
RHEL Linux, long time User and SysAdmin
What do you like best about the product?
Open Source, Works across many machines.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cryptic as UNIX always is. Not for beginners.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
High performance, easy to manage across our enterprise.
RHEL review
What do you like best about the product?
The ease and speed at which updates happen
What do you dislike about the product?
Learning curve for Linux adoption can be challenging for someone who comes from a Windows environment
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Very secure platform
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