We have almost thirteen servers. There are SaaS applications installed on this server. We leverage Java and the functionality during installation. We install it on the platform and configure it there. Some are custom applications. Our database is also in the Red Hat Linux environment.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP with HA and Update Services 8.8
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Best Linux distribution for Enterprise servers
What do you like best about the product?
Red Hat enterprise Linux is best choice for highly critical workloads as it provide stability, long term support(upto 10 years) so that you have enough time for migration to new releases and last but not the least is its Enterprise 24x7 support which prevent your SLAs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Red hat enterprise Linux main focus is stability so you miss out the new software updates. Another important factor is cost, you have the open source CentOS distribution available for free but that doesn't come with any support so it is good for small businesses where you are not running any critical workloads.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We want our production Linux server to be available 24x7 and with maximum uptime for data transfer between onprem to cloud and vice versa and RHEL is helping us in running out databrokers in an efficient way which transfers the data. It provides us data backups across multiple environment which will help us in Disaster recovery scenarios.
RHEL a really good UNIX based OS
What do you like best about the product?
RHEL is much lighter than typical windows OS. once you start working on this you will love it more day by day. After regular updates and upgrades the features are top class and support much softwares now. And Linux OS are absolutely freely available on inter5and free to use allowing to customise it your own way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing as such to dislike RHEL. If asked before would have one two points but nothing now.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As it's open source and freely available on internet it's reducing cost of organisation on operating system. It's easy to use and customisable.
Easy to use with good command line capabilities and offers easy access for admins
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The solution offers users easy access. It's very simple to have and use, from an admin perspective.
What is most valuable?
The offering provides me with all I need to serve the operation in terms of usage and capabilities.
The general user commands are good. They are helpful for starting and stopping applications and restarting and editing files. The maintenance of user-level processes is easy.
We're not using it in a graphical environment, we're only using command line mode. There may be a lot of features, however, I don't use everything since I don't need to.
There are millions of commands you can use, although we use only five or ten.
Likely the solution has helped our organization save on costs. I'm not sure by how much, as I don't have visibility into that aspect.
It's very easy to use across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure. Specifically, on the cloud side, I have noted it's quite easy. Also, on a virtual machine, you can create a cloud version of your infrastructure in a minute.
What needs improvement?
For my work, the solution is not missing any features. We;re only using the command line and that is enough for us.
Maybe they need to make it easier to apply patches from different resources. That said, at my level of usage, I never have to apply patches.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for almost ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
While I'm maintaining 30 servers, there are hundreds of servers in use.
The scalability is good. We are able to increase capacity and functionality based on our demands.
I'm not sure if the company has plans to increase usage in the future.
How are customer service and support?
I don't directly deal with technical support. I might send a ticket to my side, and if they have to, they would be the ones to reach out to Red Hat.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used Oracle Linux before we moved over to Red Hat Linux. We likely switched due to costs and licensing. We also use Windows extensively. Since we used the same architecture, we didn't need to use any third-party applications.
How was the initial setup?
As an admin, I was not involved in the setup process.
If there is any maintenance needed, we get support from the Red Hat team. If anything comes up on the operating side, our team will take care of it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm only using this solution as an admin and, therefore, have no visibility on costs.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did not evaluate other options before choosing this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I'm an end-user of the solution. I had admin-level access to the product.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not enable us to achieve security standard certification.
I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
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What do you like best about the product?
Redhat provides good support for RHEL. Patching can be done manually using yum/dnf commands or using Redhat Satellite server and Ansible. Redhat satellite server also used to manage licensing of redhat Operating system. Compared to other linux, it is mostly used and acquired by IBM which is also a leader in services.
What do you dislike about the product?
Redhat Linux products pricing has increased robustly
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Patching can be done manually or can be done automatically using Redhat satellite server or Ansible. Licensing is easier to manage as well. Redhat is integrated with several other tools like Openshift
Super product
What do you like best about the product?
It gives the very high level of security and there is no lagging or slowness
What do you dislike about the product?
It is all good about this no dislike but people need to learn a little bit before using it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Other operating system is little slower compare to Red hat.
Best Linux operating system
What do you like best about the product?
The best I like about Red Hat Linux is:
- Easy to use
- Both UI and CLI Interface
- Economical
- Timely updates and upgrades
- Easy to use
- Both UI and CLI Interface
- Economical
- Timely updates and upgrades
What do you dislike about the product?
The downsides are:
- It is paid
- UI is not that good compared to Windows
- It is paid
- UI is not that good compared to Windows
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RHEL is helping me run servers to host our website. The performance is excellent and this translates into an amazing end user experience
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Review
What do you like best about the product?
It's provide more security then other os.
Easy to use for people who familier with previos version of Linux.
Easy to use for people who familier with previos version of Linux.
What do you dislike about the product?
You need learn to if you are new to use this os or require knowlege of Linux machine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It will give you Enterprise base solution with security.
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What do you like best about the product?
Red hat provied a very safe enviroment for your application which is very easy to use and easy to implement as well. Moreover it n number of features makes it easy to integrate with multiple security sytems as well which increases its frequency of use and they have very good customer support as well which is available round the clock.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are some packages which is not compatible with linux enviroment which sometimes makes a blocker in work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps in solving my day to day job.
Enables users to increase the file systems dynamically and provides excellent support and subscription models
What is our primary use case?
I work in infrastructure. We have various use cases for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We use it for the compute feature, which runs on some applications on the front end and databases on the back end.
What is most valuable?
LVM is a valuable feature. It enables us to dynamically increase the file systems or logical volumes. My journey with this feature started 10 to 12 years ago.
LVM is the reason why I started using the solution initially. Nowadays, there are a lot of applications. We can use clustering, security, and optimize security.
What needs improvement?
The product's availability is on the main cloud hyperscalers, like GCP, IBM Cloud, Azure, and AWS. The product should be made available on Oracle Cloud.
I would like to see Ansible as a default in future releases.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for 13 to 14 years.
How are customer service and support?
Although some questions are not business-critical and high priority, they are still urgent. The support identifies such questions as P3 or P4 incidents. Although there's no business impact, we depend on the support team for answers.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have used SUSE Linux. We have also used open-source tools like Ubuntu, Fedora, and CentOS. We switched to Red Hat Enterprise Linux due to its vast exposure to security vulnerabilities. Its support model, subscription model, and its support for HANA are valuable.
What other advice do I have?
We use the product on-premise, on IBM Cloud, and on Azure. The subscription model of the solution enables us to use hybrid environments. We can enjoy the benefits of the hybrid environment with the bring-your-own-subscription model.
We have plans for upgrades. We have a legacy Red Hat Enterprise Linux. One of the customers has version 5. We are trying to build an upgrade plan for it. We would like to know whether we can directly land on version 9 or if we should go step by step to each version.
The solution's built-in security features are exciting. I like that the solution covers the recent vulnerabilities in the CVEs. The solution should continue to do that.
Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.
Enables organizations to achieve security standards certification
What is our primary use case?
We are an Azure shop that runs middleware applications like Java and JBoss, running on the Azure back end. We have to redeploy everything via ARM templates. Anytime we do an upgrade of the application itself, it's a redeployment. We have custom images that we set up through Azure pipelines. We use Ansible for code changes and server changes.
What is most valuable?
The solution's stability is great, and patching it with Ansible is very easy.
What needs improvement?
The solution's licensing sometimes could be a little bit confusing for someone who's not a full-blown system admin and doesn't have a lot of experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It took a while for me to understand the licensing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for three years.
What other advice do I have?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s built-in security features for simplifying risk reduction and maintaining compliance are pretty good. My only exposure is just packet management, but packet management gives me everything that I need.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has enabled us to achieve security standards certification. We have to stay on top of things because we work with the Ontario District School Board. There's a big emphasis on keeping everything secure, and the solution has helped us to do that.
Right now, our company is migrating to 8.8, and I think we will stay on 8 for a few years. We're doing everything through the images, and we keep everything updated with Ansible. I don't think we have any plans to use any of the automation tools other than Ansible.
Overall, I rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux ten out of ten.
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