Item: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

So we use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on our virtualized virtual machines. We install the OS. And on top of the OS we have applications like Middleware, component, JBoss, IBM, Webware, or other components which our internal application team needs to use it. We are part of a hosting hosting platform, so all the applications. That's it on enterprise Linux.

Pros and Cons

Virtualization, like the operating system level task. I see this product is very good and it blends very well with the middleware components like all the JBoss and other things. And other than that, either you install it or a virtual machine or physical servers, it works seamlessly anywhere. And if you want to go further, like Red Hat OpenShift or those things also work very nice with it.

I would say for me ease of use is very good. We don't find any much more challenges with the LINUX part. Only thing maybe when we go for appliances or network devices, right? Instead of using Enterprise Linux, we use CentOS or some other product. Probably if they can customize for network devices and all, maybe it's more they use other softwares. So that's the only thing I overall I don't have any specific feedback for Linux. Yeah, it's good. Nice.

Return on Investment

So I would say a positive impact because we have thousands of VMs in our environment and we are able to install the application easily. We are able to, now we have other products from Red Hat, like Ansible and all those. So combining those product like Open Ansible and with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), we are able to serve our internal application team much better. And we have good team who support the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and our internal application teams are also happy with the ease of use with the enterprise dynamic.

Alternatives Considered

IBM AIX and Oracle Solaris

We have used IBM AIX, HP Unix and compared to other flavors of Linux, I feel like the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is much better. Upgrade is easy, ease of use, security support we get from Red Hat. So all those things are better compared to whatever we have used. We also used to have Oracle Solaris array earlier and patching security and patch management used to be a nightmare. But when we started using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), I see this is very good. Even upgrades, you see right when we have to go from Red Hat enterprise levels, enterprise seven to eight or any other version, it has been made very easy, very easy. We have in place uplift earlier with the RHL 6, we were not having upgrade, but as we see it's getting better each and every day. So that's what I can feel.

Key Insights

Do you think Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

I think it's best suited for all the monolithic application where you just need a VM and you on top of that VM you need to install a compatible product. So it's best suited for those. Where's not suited. As I said, maybe I've seen in my organization mostly our internal application teams, they go for a different operating system for appliances or network maybe it might be due to the product compatibility, not with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), but that's something maybe you should have a look or probably it's not a improvement anywhere.

Enterprise Linux

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)