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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution mainly used in commercial data centers.N/A

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Considered Both Products
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    We feel comfortable with any linux distribution. Sometimes the decision about using one or other linux distribution is related to the cost of subscriptions, level of criticity of the system, and support requirements. We always chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Linux for …
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Middleware products weren't listed. But our stack consists of JBoss EAP on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    RHEL is much more flexible in configuration than any Unix system like IBM AIX or Oracle Solaris. At the same time has the excellent release of updates and support that Oracle Linux or CentOS Linux doesn't have. RHEL has also companion tools in the Red Hat products which help …
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    Red Hat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    295 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    253 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    289 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    188 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    253 Answers
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    Features
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Operating System
    Comparison of Operating System features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    -
    Ratings
    File Management8.073 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software Application Management8.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    System Update Frequency8.276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating System Security9.378 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    6.8
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Small Businesses
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ubuntu
    Score8.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (302 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (194 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Red Hat
    There's a lot of things that can and can't be discussed. But as I mentioned earlier, cloud computing and on-prem, and very much like in the cloud, having a standard image ISO, deploying that, the configurations with Ansible or packages installed via Ansible, instead of just a Kickstart script, you have a set of scripts that run in a pipeline that deploy Red Hat. So I'd say the environments, every time I've used Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a computing solution has been, like I mentioned, reusable, scalable, positive. And I don't think I've ever found any situations where I wish I were using something other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux, because the support is not there for anything else as much as it is for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
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    Pros
    Red Hat
    • 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.
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    Red Hat
    • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
    • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
    • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
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    Cons
    Red Hat
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) needs better built-in developer-centric tooling.
    • The desktop experience is too barebones, which makes it less attractive for developer workstations.
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) needs to be integrated and available in GItHub Actions as a supported platform so code developed on GitHub can be tested and qualified there.
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    Red Hat
    • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
    • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
    • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Red Hat
    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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    Red Hat
    We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
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    Usability
    Red Hat
    It's pretty intuitive and easy to use. Everything is adjustable; everything is customizable through a set of yaml's and everything can be undone and re-done. Doing items such a modification and restarting the single app doesnt take down the whole operating system like one of the more popular GUI based operating systems. We can work on live production systems without breaking into a sweat.
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    Red Hat
    JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Red Hat
    Product support and regular patches.
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    Red Hat
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    Performance
    Red Hat
    As with any OS enhanced testing will need to be done prior to application integration.
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    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
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    Support Rating
    Red Hat
    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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    Red Hat
    Fast response.
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    Implementation Rating
    Red Hat
    Don't be afraid of it, its easy to install and configure for the tasks needed.
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    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Red Hat
    Windows Server can take a long time to patch, waiting for the patch to install, then waiting to apply, after the OS is rebooted it can also take additional time to apply the update. Often times Windows Server patches can fail, leading to long troubleshooting times and application outages. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Patching is extremely quick, I've honestly not seen a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) update fail to install in many years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) patching.
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    Red Hat
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
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    Scalability
    Red Hat
    Operational ease of use backed by support
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    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Red Hat
    • It has done wonders for my career because I come from a Linux background, HPUX, Solaris and AIX. So made this transition to Linux 20 years ago. So it has really put my career at the forefront of what we do in the company. We're still primarily a window shop, but with Red Hat and what they're doing with the Kubernetes integration with OpenShift, with the East Satellite Management, the Ansible stuff, all based on Red Hat. It's taken off at my company and we're very happy about it.
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    Red Hat
    • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
    • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
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