My main use cases for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) are mostly development at first, and then after that, it's actually running full production loads on it.
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It's better than Ubuntu
What do you like best about the product?
Consistency across minor releases, excellent vendor support, easy of installation and patch management. The knowledge base is very, very good and makes it easy to self-solve issues. The consistency across releases makes it easy for newer administrators and engineers to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a lot of vendors who ship their products for free Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, forcing us as an enterprise to offer Ubuntu support to our internal customers. If there were a solution for this situation, specifically in the broadcast media space that I work in, it would make my life a lot easier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It powers the majority of our Enterprise, financial and broadcast applications. It is well supported by most of these vendors (see my earlier comment about some broadcast vendors shipping with Ubuntu because they don't want to pay for an included RHEL subscription).
The Only Linux Platform for the Enterprise
What do you like best about the product?
Support! Utilizing RHEL with Red Hat support means that you never more than two or three degrees of separation from the folks that create the thing. Having this availability to the maintainers and writers of the code gives access to bug fixes and features faster than any other Linux distribution out there.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can not think of anything that is worth writing here. DNF started off pretty garbage, but that's getting better. Maybe the identifying which repos you need to get things working? But even that has advanced light-years.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux solves all of our Linux needs. If it's production and it needs support RHEL is where it's at.
Great, stable platform
What do you like best about the product?
First and foremost, stability. Support is top notch as well. Love the fact that all major releases have a 10 year lifecycle
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish they had a broader range of native packages available in their repository.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A supported platform for container images utilizing podman. Also, a server OS that can run applications and databases.
20 years of Linux deployment
What do you like best about the product?
Stability and import of key upstream features. The ability to rapidly deploy and manage large number of servers.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish the workstation version repo's moved to newer repos for dev tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ability to bring in a wide range of dev tools and production ready security tools.
Robust and Innovative
What do you like best about the product?
Innovation, centralized tools, secure in regards of viruses. Great support
What do you dislike about the product?
Pretty expensive related with other free brands
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SAP, Apache, file server, etc.
Life long RHEL user
What do you like best about the product?
Very stable, great support easy to find solutions for a widely used platform. Also, it is the one I know best!
What do you dislike about the product?
Past version upgrades were not simple. This is much improved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is a solid platform for my company to run Redhat IPA as well as total platform management using Ansible.
Product has been great for our company and customers
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of maintaining DoD compliance. We like the high level of customer support
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing. THey are entivating all the time and keeping up with the endistury
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
High end computing in a secure manor
Easy to use, and very stable with satellite
What do you like best about the product?
Versatile and stable. Like how easy it is to manage 400+ linux vm servers.
What do you dislike about the product?
A bit locked in with tools like libreswan and strongswan no being compiled with options for msChap for example.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have many third party tools running on Linux. Also hosting many Oracle Database instances on premissis
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What do you like best about the product?
product updates are easy to deploy and the product is stable
What do you dislike about the product?
Enterprise Linux is sometimes too far behind latest software releases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
easy to deploy applications
Strong security features and reliable performance increase deployment confidence
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
One of the nice pain points that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) addresses compared to other distributions is the polished applications within it.
Their repository tends to be more foolproof. The SELinux feature in RHEL is pretty strong.
SELinux is not something that I was ever using before in the open source community, and it was very confusing at first; however, after a while, it made sense why that layer exists. The SELinux feature and other features of RHEL benefit my company by allowing us to lock in the server more traditionally than we would be able to with special permissions.
It's about getting very granular versus just putting an umbrella on some things, and security-wise, it's very effective.
The security features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), including SELinux and its features, make it easier to be aware of compromises.
The Insights tool is very good at providing CVEs to alert us about vulnerabilities quickly. I can't quantify the impact in percentage terms since I haven't faced specific situations. However, the outlook compared to other distributions looks good.
What needs improvement?
To improve Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), it would be helpful to have a step-by-step process to make setup easier. Cockpit needs more features to manage complex tasks such as RAID configurations, as most of that is reserved for the command line.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for about a year and a half.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I find Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to be super stable and super reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not scaled Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) outside of using templates and cloning features. I haven't scaled it out with OpenShift yet; it's something I want to explore, as I now understand what tools OpenShift can offer to scale out RHEL machines effectively.
How are customer service and support?
My experience with customer service and technical support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is mixed. On a professional level, they are very responsive, which is part of the contract, but on a personal level, responses can take forever, and I often get pointed to community posts.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not consider any other OS solutions while using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), although there have been discussions about using Ubuntu. I don't think it will go that way because we are very satisfied with what RHEL offers overall.
What was our ROI?
The biggest return on investment with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is that every time I put an application or tool in there, it's going to work. I don't have to second-guess it or go back; I know it will be a polished application.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Regarding the experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), I would say it's beyond my pay grade. That said, it's not cheap at all. While it could always be cheaper, they provide substantial value for the money, and they consistently introduce new features that add value.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as a ten out of ten overall.
It's a great OS that has grown on me over time, and the more I use it, the more I understand its value and why it costs what it does.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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