My main use cases for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) include working with applications such as Middleware and databases to provide services to different technologies, including Middleware, databases, and applications such as SAP, while managing these in my company.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for AWS
Red Hat | 8.10 20250710-1833Linux/Unix, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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What do you like best about the product?
RHEL is a straight forward distribution, conceived for the enterprise environment. It may not have the latest improvements from the cutting edge of open source development, but it's reliable and predictable, which, at the end of the day, this is what one wants for the enterprise.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a little dry at times, and the EPEL could have more packages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A solid and reliable platform to run mission critical business applications like SAP. By being predictable and stable, it provides the administration team with more peace of mind and time to work on future projects.
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What do you like best about the product?
Reliability, ease of use, flexibility installing new packages
What do you dislike about the product?
Requires frequent security updates which requires reboots
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
kernel tuning to run database applications
RedHat enterprise linux
What do you like best about the product?
RHEL is secure, good support and versatile.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have nothing to dislike about Red Hat enterprise linux as it full fills our business requirement.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
helps to have a single Red hat OS across the environment and it supports all the business needs of database / application / web.
RHEL - Good For Security And Enterprise VM Management
What do you like best about the product?
In terms of security, all of the innovation Red Hat does with linux is very compelling. I like how it is a widely know and supported platform and you are able to use tools like Red Hat Satellite as a go-between for package management.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the cost per VM and that some of the tools like subscription-manager can be complicated. There can be some ramp-up time in learning the tools and feature.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is solving the problem of datacenter-wide or company wide deployment, easy VM provisioning and package management.
Former Ubuntu-devotee turned RHEL-lover
What do you like best about the product?
I enjoy the resources Redhat makes available to RHEL users and utilizing the satellite feature to quickly gauge what is happening. Also, I appreciate that RHEL forces the GRUB menu so I can easily access it without special key-press combinations. The troubleshoot feature that comes with the bootable ISO is also a plus!
What do you dislike about the product?
I do find the website navigation daunting sometimes. Sometimes I feel like I am going in circles trying to get around resources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many of the rocket scientists and engineers that I support much prefer the Linux environment and tools over Windows and the proprietary limitations. I find RHEL to make system administration much easier due to the capabilities in the terminal. Windows Admins on my team work in GUI environments and are less efficient in identifying and resolving issues in an air-gapped space.
User friendly experience for beginners
What do you like best about the product?
I like how you can find support for any feature you may need help using. The ease of use is also helpful to beginners.
What do you dislike about the product?
I've not run into any issues yet that I wasn't able to look up a solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Now Red Hat is solving our current need for virtualization. It's most likely that our company will transition to OpenShift in the near future.
Innovative support and extensive knowledge improve service and minimize downtime
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The innovation benefits my company by providing good support through Insights, which offers comprehensive vulnerability scanning.
What is most valuable?
What I appreciate the most about Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the innovation; it constantly drives the need to go faster.
The TAM support is excellent with weekly meetings where the representative has extensive knowledge, allowing us to resolve all questions.
The software consistently releases new versions with features and ensures stability compared to other systems, such as Ubuntu.
We have reduced downtime issues from patching by 30% over the past year, thanks to our TAM who provided a testing site where we can check patching in our test environment first, allowing us to find any issues before they reach production and thereby minimizing impact.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) helps me solve pain points due to their good support team, which usually has quick access to information, resulting in minimal downtime when problems arise. You only need to call, and they can provide a solution, often found in the Knowledge Base on the internet and web page.
What needs improvement?
I am not sure how Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for 20 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) scales effectively with the growing needs of my company due to our global contract, which allows for more VMs than we initially anticipated, ensuring we receive the necessary licenses.
How are customer service and support?
My experience with Red Hat's technical support and customer service is positive; they have good support, always trying to find solutions and understanding my requirements, which is important for me.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
In the past, we considered other Linux OS solutions, specifically demoing with Canonical, however, it was not suitable for us.
How was the initial setup?
I find the deployment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) easy. We automate everything in one pipeline, so you only need to execute that pipeline and in a few minutes, you have your new server.
What was our ROI?
From my point of view, the biggest return on investment when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the meantime to repair issues; with good support, our downtime is practically nothing, which is a significant return for us.
What other advice do I have?
The innovation benefits my company by providing good support through Insights, which offers a good scan of vulnerabilities, and the TAM support is excellent with weekly meetings where the representative has extensive knowledge, allowing us to resolve all questions.
I rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) eight out of ten.
To achieve a perfect score, we need more focus on version management.
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?
Other
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What do you like best about the product?
I like the file structure, product integration, and speed at which RHEL adapts to modern advancements.
What do you dislike about the product?
For us, the air-gapped network support is hard to find solutions to our problems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It will be in the near future our solution to the current spike in VMWare costs and ownership.
I am a RedHat user.
What do you like best about the product?
Industry standard. Strong compatibility between versions.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost. Forks are fun and all but when you want the real thing at Enterprise scale it would be easier to convince my boss when the cost is lower.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Repeatable, customizable deployments.
overall fairly good.
What do you like best about the product?
stable and reliable, it often just works in most cases.
What do you dislike about the product?
Selinux is not the most intuitive. it can break the "it just works" feel when you have to do something custom to deal with it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
consistent stable Environment, that works across versions well most of the time.
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