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Cisco NX-OS vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Cisco NX-OS
17 Ratings
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
160 Ratings

Cisco NX-OS

17 Ratings
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Score 8.3 out of 100

Based on 17 reviews and ratings

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

160 Ratings
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Score 8.7 out of 100

Based on 160 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

8.2

Cisco NX-OS

82%
13 Ratings
8.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

87%
22 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

Cisco NX-OS

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

90%
1 Rating

Usability

8.2

Cisco NX-OS

82%
1 Rating
9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

90%
1 Rating

Performance

8.2

Cisco NX-OS

82%
10 Ratings

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

N/A
0 Ratings

Support Rating

7.9

Cisco NX-OS

79%
3 Ratings
8.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

85%
14 Ratings

Implementation Rating

Cisco NX-OS

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

90%
2 Ratings

Product Scalability

8.0

Cisco NX-OS

80%
10 Ratings

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

N/A
0 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco NX-OS

This easy solution can be a great help for the big companies on easy multiple data processing and effective networking solutions for the various departments and also generating the real-time data reports with Cisco NX-OS is excellent. For the new users, it takes no time to become a pro on full manipulation of the features and offer the best and quality management services.

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Rahim Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

[ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) is a great suite for almost everything Linux and has a great ecosystem free Open Source of third party repositories to find what is not provided by default. ... an environment where 24x7 support is required, their support level is awesome, environments with a lot of vendor dependent applications, since almost all of them build their apps for [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL). [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) could improve: SAP environments, I've compared its integration levels to other Linux vendors and it could be better. Mainframe (390) solutions. Although [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) support for System Z is great, I believe SUSE's is better.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros

Cisco NX-OS

  • Cisco NX-OS is very simple to use and user friendly CLI
  • NX-OS has a modular config so easy to configure.
  • NX-OS comes up with copp policy where we can define most of our system level ontrols instead of defining separate ACLs

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Ramesh Kaka | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

  • Support for multiple shell environments. It supports most of the popular shell environments and lets you create shell scripts for your backend tasks.
  • It comes with nice out of the box features for OS level performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
  • RHEL has a great support forum. If you ever need technical help, the forum is extremely useful.

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Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

Cisco NX-OS

  • Being used to Catalyst IOS the change in some commands gets annoying
  • It also came with a new license model compared to IOS devices

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

  • We were hoping to deploy Red Hat Certificate Services but even after professional consulting with Red Hat, we weren't able to integrate it into our Microsoft environment due to the inability of performing workstation auto-enrollment.
  • The license renewal/support costs appear to rival those of other operating system providers which makes you wonder about the added value you are expecting.
  • Hardware compatibility can be a little restrictive if you are using lesser known non-mainstream specialized products.

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Roger Mialkowski | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Cisco NX-OS

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Likelihood to Renew

Cisco NX-OS

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
Based on 1 answer
We find RHEL to be a superior OS with stable operations and long life. It is also easier to use and fix then most other OS's.

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Marc Shaffer | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Usability

Cisco NX-OS

Cisco NX-OS 8.2
Based on 1 answer
NX-OS has many similarities with the traditional IOS which is quite beneficial when it comes to configuration and learning. As a native Linux system, there are a lot of tools and features that can be enabled for any use case.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
Based on 1 answer
RHEL has most of the features that are required by an ERP solution. If you need any additional packages, RHEL has a great repository and a very easy package installation/upgrade process.

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Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Performance

Cisco NX-OS

Cisco NX-OS 8.2
Based on 10 answers
Indeed, the latency is very, very low on the Nexus switches. As well, the VPC concept is quite easy to understand and to implement and is working perfectly with servers. So far, we didn't use much automation (unfortunately, we don't have much time and knowledge about this). But we can run scripts with [Cisco] NX-OS, which is really appreciable.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Support Rating

Cisco NX-OS

Cisco NX-OS 7.9
Based on 3 answers
Cisco support never fails me. In terms of timely response, no one is on par with them. They really value the impact of having technical issues and potential business stoppage. Also, their support staff are well equipped with knowledge and skills and easily resolve the most common incidents. Most of the time, we can resolve an issue by just calling them once.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.5
Based on 14 answers
Red Hat support has really come a long way in the last 10 years, The general support is great, and the specialized product support teams are extremely knowledgeable about their specific products. Response time is good and you never need to escalate.

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Implementation Rating

Cisco NX-OS

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Don't be afraid of it, its easy to install and configure for the tasks needed.

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Marc Shaffer | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Alternatives Considered

Cisco NX-OS

I have tried out Aruba's core switches. I would say that Cisco NX-OS is a better option for a core switch if resilience is critical. You are also going to tend to spend more money on NX-OS.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

While the other flavors of Linux listed above can be used to achieve similar goals, RHEL was chosen due to:1. Excellent support, both professional and through the community2. Tried and tested security3. Its Binary compatibility with Cent OS is a major plus as it allows a test environment to be built without additional licensing

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Scalability

Cisco NX-OS

Cisco NX-OS 8.0
Based on 10 answers
Excellent security is offered by the network operating system and the best power with effective scalability. Easy on security configuration and setting. Performance is also the best and very cost-effective and the data management capabilities are a very high and reliable tool that gathers all the network operations control in one room.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

No score
No answers yet
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Return on Investment

Cisco NX-OS

  • Stable NX-OS gives peace of mind.
  • Performance and security is top class.
  • Documentation is very good to learn and refer later.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

  • Overall, RHEL has helped us achieve heights in performance management and handling a large crowd at once with its huge management capacities. It is highly reliable and if used with apt load balancers you will not require more than one backup server because the crash frequency is minimal.
  • No negative impacted has been faced as of now since using RHEL.

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