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    Bogireddy G.

Best Linux distro for enterprise useage

  • August 23, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Various tools and quality of support for Linux is to notch. The amount of customisation is amazing and it is most secure distro I have ever used in Linux os.Opensource nature of distro make this distro is amazing .We have lot of softwares available for this distro.RPM and YUM package managers are best in the Unix package managers group.
What do you dislike about the product?
Centos is moved from open source licence to business licence. Software and package update takes more and more time compared to other distros. When it comes to UI rhel/Cent OS does not have good reputation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used RHEL to run docker containers for my automation tests. I have used this to run scheduled to bash scripts automation and runs.i have used to run my application and hosting mySQL and Oracle Database.


    Viral M.

RedHat Enterprise Linux one of the Best Linux Operating System

  • August 16, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Linux Operating System is very User Friendly and command line Operating System which gives entire control of managing and troubleshooting Operating System issues.Interesting Feature is Rescue Mode to troubleshoot kernel level issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
Its command line Operating System which some times difficult to do easy task for which we need to remember commands with different parameters.Some times network bond configuration is also complicted to configure and start network services
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In terms of Operation performance and Application processing RedHat Linux is fast than monolithic Windows Operating System.Kernel tuning and Performance Management is best feature of RedHat Enterprise Linux.


    Halit Y.

OpenSource and Flexible

  • August 10, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I like that it's a good alternative to years of Microsoft Windows dependency, and the speed of support is very good. Best of all, communities support
What do you dislike about the product?
it can be difficult to understand at times
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's working as a stable infrastructure solution


    Ahmed Qasim

Highly reliable, easy to deploy, and excellent support

  • August 07, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

It is for binding servers. It is for web servers, such as Apache and NGINX, and KVM virtualization.

How has it helped my organization?

We have servers running all time. We have not had any issues with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We have had issues with Microsoft products over time. Because of the updates, we had downtime, but that is not the case with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

It has been very productive for our organization. We have an online client buying or purchasing products from our website, which is available 24 hours.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is good when it comes to building with confidence and ensuring availability across the infrastructure. I would rate it a ten out of ten in terms of stability and reliability. In the case of our web server, I have had availability issues with Microsoft, whereas, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we have not had many such issues. There has been only 1% downtime, whereas, with Microsoft, we have had a lot more downtime.

What is most valuable?

We have support. If we have any issues with the distro, we can call their support team. We have reliable packages from Red Hat.

What needs improvement?

Network management can be easier. It is getting more complex. They can also give more customization for the CLI.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Red Hat Enterprise Linux for six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable. We have three websites running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

It works fine. We have had servers running for ten years. We have been just updating them, and we have not had any issues or downtime.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. We can upgrade it, and the upgrades do not impact the product.

We have a team of five people who are using this solution.

How are customer service and support?

We have premium support. It is excellent. We have not interacted a lot with their support. We have almost five engineers working in the team, so we did not have to contact them a lot. We did have any major issues with the hardware or software.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I also use CentOS for educational purposes. Support and regular updates are advantages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux over others.

For directory servers, we always use Microsoft because it is easy to manage and easy to control. Implementing and managing domain controllers on Microsoft is easy, and we can apply policies by groups (GPO).

How was the initial setup?

Its deployment is very easy. It does not take long. Its maintenance is also easy. We can expand the storage for the operating system or the web server.

What other advice do I have?

To those looking into implementing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, I would advise making use of Red Hat's community.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux has had some impact in terms of security, but we have other security measures and procedures. We have not used SELinux and other embedded security features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

I would rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux a nine out of ten.


    Food & Beverages

Provides an enterprise solution for Linux

  • August 02, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Provides a standardized platform for our Linux servers
What do you dislike about the product?
Needs specialized knowedge to implement the system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We needed one standardized Linux operating system. Red Hat provides a solid enterprise solution for these types of servers.


    Muhammad Zain A.

Impressive Performance and Reliability

  • July 19, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Stability and Reliability: RHEL is renowned for its stability, making it an excellent choice for mission-critical systems. Its rigorous testing and quality assurance processes ensure a dependable operating environment.

Security: Red Hat prioritizes security, providing regular updates and patches to address vulnerabilities promptly. Features like SELinux enhance access controls and protect against security breaches.

Long-Term Support: RHEL offers long-term support for each major release, providing customers with extended software life cycles and minimizing the need for frequent major upgrades.

Enterprise Features: RHEL offers a comprehensive set of features tailored for enterprise environments, including centralized system management, high availability and clustering capabilities, virtualization support, and containerization technologies.

Red Hat Support: The company's reputation for excellent customer support is highly valued. RHEL users can access knowledge bases, documentation, and receive direct assistance from Red Hat's support team.

Compatibility and Ecosystem: RHEL's broad compatibility with software vendors and extensive ecosystem of certified applications and tools make it suitable for a wide range of enterprise needs.

Open-Source Philosophy: Red Hat's commitment to the open-source community is appreciated by many users, as it fosters collaboration and innovation within the technology landscape.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost: RHEL is a commercial distribution, and its licensing fees may be considered a drawback for some organizations, especially when compared to free or lower-cost Linux distributions.

Restricted Updates: While RHEL's long-term support is a benefit for stability, some users might find that the release cycle for major updates is more conservative, which may lead to delayed access to the latest features and software versions.

Proprietary Components: RHEL includes some proprietary software components that are not open-source. This might be a concern for users who prefer fully open-source solutions.

Learning Curve: For users accustomed to other Linux distributions or operating systems, RHEL may have a slight learning curve due to its specific tools and configurations.

Software Repositories: RHEL's official software repositories might not have the same extensive collection of packages found in some community-driven distributions, potentially requiring users to rely on third-party repositories or compile software from source.

Resource Consumption: As an enterprise-focused OS with robust features, RHEL might require slightly more system resources compared to lightweight Linux distributions, making it less suitable for very resource-constrained environments.

Community vs. Enterprise Versions: Some users might prefer the community-driven CentOS distribution over RHEL due to CentOS's previous similarities to RHEL, though this dynamic changed with CentOS Stream in late 2020.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux aims to solve the challenges of stability, security, and scalability in enterprise environments, while also providing a platform for innovation and flexibility. Its comprehensive features and long-term support benefit organizations by offering a reliable, secure, and well-supported operating system for critical business operations.


    Adrian Alejandro P.

Red Hat Review

  • July 18, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
is the world's leading enterprise Linux platform, certified across hundreds of clouds and with thousands of software and hardware vendors.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is really nothing that I dislike about Red Hat, maybe the prices are a bit, they should be a little more competitive for the market
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Safeguarding of information based on various software


    reviewer2237622

Allows us to easily identify numerous vulnerabilities in malware and facilitates simpler patching, as well as maintaining compliance

  • July 17, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We are a telecommunications operator using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for our technical applications due to its supportability and robust management features.

How has it helped my organization?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux's built-in security features aid in simplifying risk reduction. In the past, patches fortified the security features, but now, with playbooks, we can automate and address any findings for any Common Platform Enumeration. When integrated with Red Hat Insights, the solution can identify the CPE and provide the remediation playbook. This expedites detection, remediation, and testing by Red Hat, thanks to the playbooks provided by satellite as well as malware detection.

Maintaining compliance with Red Hat Enterprise Linux is easy because it supports various out-of-the-box compliance policies, such as CIS. Whether we are running OpenSCAP on-premises or Insights, we can perform compliance testing using OpenSCAP to verify adherence to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security guidelines, as well as other well-known guidelines and framework compliance. I have found that all the compliance policies I required were already included out of the box.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is ready to help keep our organization agile when it comes to the portability of applications and containers because all the applications are developed by the vendor. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the preferred choice in our industry because the applications we use are swiftly certified by the vendor, so we don't have to verify them ourselves.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides enhanced security for our servers, and we are aware of patching requirements in advance. Additionally, the pre-certification of Red Hat Enterprise Linux applications expedites deployment as we no longer need to go through the certification process ourselves. Moreover, Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers excellent support, ensuring that any issues that may arise are promptly addressed, which is crucial for our environment where we must maintain an uptime of 99.99999 percent.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux enables us to achieve security standards certification because it is driven by various compliance policies that include everything we need out of the box. This makes it easy to enforce security rules, and security patches are applied regularly. With Insights, we have malware detection, CPE filings, and remediation capabilities. In addition to the reactive approach, we also benefit from a proactive approach, allowing us to stay informed about the events around us, which helps us implement temporary solutions if needed until a permanent fix becomes available.

With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we can build with confidence, knowing that it is available across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures. The operating system provides certifications, ensuring that we can deploy with 100 percent certainty, knowing that the applications will work. Additionally, it offers identity security and excellent support from the Red Hat team. Without this support, we would have to rely on searching within the community and downloading untested patches, which may function in small environments but not for larger ones with sensitive applications.

Red Hat Insights helps us prevent emerging issues related to security or noncompliance settings. One of the steps we take before going live is using OpenSCAP to ensure compliance with our standards. This is followed by our own security scanning and verification process. If any issues are not known within Red Hat, we can always refer to all the findings. Once the system is in production, regular monitoring allows us to use Insights to identify any new findings and apply necessary patches or workarounds. The knowledge base available on the servers enables us to take proactive measures even before a security patch becomes available. The new malware detection feature in Insights helps protect end-user information.

Insights provide vulnerability alerts and specific guidance. With each system, we can view the detected Common Platform Enumeration and receive advice on how to address it. These features have protected our systems from potential attacks, thereby increasing our uptime.

What is most valuable?

Red Hat has introduced a fast server, where Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be integrated or connected to via a client. This connection allows us to identify numerous vulnerabilities in malware easily and facilitates simpler patching. Activating the Red Hat addons on this server creates a perfect match when seeking a well-hardened OS using the gold image, as it eliminates the need to address issues from an existing image. Additionally, Red Hat Insights is a valuable and essential tool. In the telecom industry, we rely on basic products that necessitate an OS with robust security support and regular patches.

What needs improvement?

We have not succeeded in creating an image from Red Hat Insights for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including custom partitioning and custom scripts. This would have been helpful.

Red Hat Insights reporting can be enhanced by incorporating performance components, making it a central tool for vulnerability assessment, compliance monitoring, and much more. The performance component is available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but we need to maintain the dashboard on-premises, which requires us to switch between systems instead of performing all tasks from a single location.

Managing the destination for netting on the Netserver using Red Hat Enterprise Linux could be made more user-friendly.

I would like to have enhancements in the data files to help with deployments.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for over ten years. I started in 2012 using version five.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is scalable, but the scalability is achieved at a different layer compared to adding memory to a virtual machine or container.

How are customer service and support?

Compared to other support departments for Red Hat products, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux support team stands out as one of the fastest, most cooperative, and understanding teams.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. In the past, it was complex when Red Hat acquired Ansible because many of the modules were community resources that lacked full support. As a result, creating a playbook to deploy the OS was a painful process, as there was a chance it would not work, and we would not have the necessary support. However, currently, deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux is easy. We have never deployed only one operating system at a time, but it would take less than one hour to do so.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux an eight out of ten due to the complexity of its network boost management issue.

We have Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployed in one location.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is used in our environment to run the application for all of our customers, and only around ten people have access to it.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux requires maintenance for applying new patches, releases, and debugging.


    Abdel Razzak A.

Red Hat Administration

  • July 13, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
OS Server stable
performence is very high and stable while running services specialy with App (php,Java)
Administrator can manage and install the software easly
What do you dislike about the product?
1.sometimes the payment and account
2.sometimes not alwas server take more resources
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat clustering
Oracle DB
Wildfly
MYSQL Server
Monitoring Server like Wazuh and Zabbix
Shared disk and folders
Partitions and Management of files Permissions and users
Firewalls


    Cruz S.

Redhat for managing cluster of servers

  • July 13, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
RED hat support, is by the best i have seen in the tech industry.
The solution provided is quick and accurate. With people providing support globally.
What do you dislike about the product?
Subscription based licenses, and incompatability with home grown or custom made applications.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RED hat is helping me in managing our cluster of servers more efficently. Unlike other operating system, migration services and defining a role is easier in red hat.Helps in managing high intensity application and delivering of services much more efficent way.