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    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 OpenStack Platform

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat OpenStack Platform is a cloud computing platform that virtualizes resources from industry-standard hardware, organizes those resources into clouds, and manages them so users can access what they need—when they need it.N/A
    Pricing
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    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 OpenStack Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers us the flexibility to choose our flavor of virtualization. As our forecasts are inputted, we can either use OpenStack or OpenShift to suit our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux has wider vendor support for enterprise applications. Also, [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) provides a better life cycle management than SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Ubuntu Linux. In addition, by using [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) we are …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    253 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    289 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    188 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    Operating System
    Comparison of Operating System features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Red Hat OpenStack 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
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    Small Businesses
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Ubuntu
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (302 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (194 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Red Hat OpenStack Platform
    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
    Best suited for - any organization where you have people who already have expertise on OpenStack, Linux & IP networking. Otherwise, the maintenance & operations will be difficult. When the number of deployed VMs reaches its capacity, it becomes very difficult to manage Red Hat OpenStack because there are no in-built fault management & performance management tools available within Red Hat OpenStack. Not suited for - Organizations where people have a culture of working on automated GUI-based tools. Here VMware wins over Red Hat OpenStack. Also where you have mission-critical applications where downtime cannot be tolerated.
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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
    • Scaling of application components (VMs).
    • Managing the networking between virtual machines.
    • Management of VNFs & the underlying infrastructure.
    • Availability & uptime of VMs because of features like VM migration & evacuation.
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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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    • User management really needs improvement - when compared to AWS or GCP.
    • Security of the overall platform needs to be improved.
    • The whole architecture needs to be modular which is not. Ex - Upgrading any particular component (nova, neutron, cinder) should be possible without upgrading the whole Red Hat OpenStack version.
    • The creation of HEAT templates for complex applications is still a challenge & has a dependency on external tools.
    • Stack creation still requires parameters modification at controllers & compute because of the complex nova-scheduler algorithm.
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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
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    Red Hat
    Product support and regular patches.
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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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    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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    Implementation Rating
    Red Hat
    Don't be afraid of it, its easy to install and configure for the tasks needed.
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    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
    Only because of low cost & zero licensing of Red Hat OpenStack
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    Scalability
    Red Hat
    Operational ease of use backed by support
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    Red Hat
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    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
    • Saved CAPEX for sure (I can't quote a figure).
    • Saved Opex also - because a large support community is already available.
    • Increased complexity of system setup though.
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