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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

    HPE Zerto Software

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    HPE Zerto Software aims to enable customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications.N/A
    Pricing
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)HPE Zerto Software
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)HPE Zerto Software
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)HPE Zerto Software
    Considered Both Products
    Red Hat
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    295 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    253 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    289 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    188 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    253 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    Features
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)HPE Zerto Software
    Operating System
    Comparison of Operating System features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    4% below category average
    HPE Zerto Software
    -
    Ratings
    File Management8.073 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software Application Management8.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    System Update Frequency8.276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating System Security9.378 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    -
    Ratings
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    -
    Ratings
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery
    Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    -
    Ratings
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Hot Sites00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score6.7 out of 10
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    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Datto SIRIS
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ubuntu
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Zerto on IBM Cloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)HPE Zerto Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (302 ratings)
    8.3
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (194 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    4.0
    (34 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (16 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)HPE Zerto Software
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Zerto is well suited for disaster recovery and virtual machine replication between multiple data centers. DR testing for audit or regulations is much easier with Zerto, great reporting, dashboard etc. It is not well suited for physical server replication for disaster recovery or as a primary backup solution.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Anyone with a large disk (VMDK) knows the issues of VMware snapshots. Most backup software is a "point in time backup" that uses snapshots. While the backup can be run multiple times per day the stress of the snapshot on the host and storage is eliminated by the continuous protection of Zerto log replication.
    • A client had a the disks on a VM go missing for some reason. We had them "flip the switch" for a real fail over and press the fail over button. The VM on our DR site started to come alive as the VM at the customer site was brought down. When the DR VM was fully up, automatic reverse replication started. The DR machine was available in a few minutes (to take into account different host hardware) for access. One the vm at both sites were in sync, we had the customer again repeat the fail over process and the DR site VM was turned off and the Production site VM was brought back on line. This was a 200 GB VM and the whole process was finished in about 3 hours.
    • Zerto also allows for "Test" fail overs that can be configured on many different functions, such as host, datastore, network and IP usage. Configuring the IPs is crucial to avoid inadvertent site cross contamination of the same VM.
    • Zerto can also retrieve files from any VM disk on the DR site without starting a VM. Very handy for retrieving files or directories.
    • Since Zerto is running continuous log replication, changes on the production VM are nearly instantaneously copied to the DR site. As with any data process, having sufficient bandwidth for "churn" peaks minimizes the delay in updating the DR site.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Moving a VM from one protection group to another could be simplified.
    • I would like to see an executive-style report of recovery and testing for upper management.
    • The ability to deploy Zerto as a virtual appliance, without the need for a windows server.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We really like the easy setup of this replication solution, as well as the ease of management. Not to mention, our internal IT Economist determined that the Zerto solution would provide the best ROI out of the competing solutions we analyzed. So far, his calculations have been spot on, and we have saved substantially
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Zerto is very easy to implement and support. Uses are broad, only issues are once something doesn't sync it is difficult to get assistance until your reach tier 2 or tier 3 support. Basic file and folder recovery is great. Live and test fail overs are also easy to implement without issue.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Red Hat
    Product support and regular patches.
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    No answers on this topic
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Overall support is very good. We sometimes get pushback when asking Level 1 support to escalate to Level 2. This causes undue frustrations when you need a more knowledgeable support person to get involved. We've had to escalate to account reps a few times for this scenario. Zerto is very responsive and normally handles our requests very quickly.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Make sure the end goal is in mind before implementing. That way results meet expectations.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We started out using Backup Exec which was in service until we virtualized our environment where it didn't perform as well at the time. Then we switched to Veeam which worked well, but then as we started needing to do migrations and off-site DR, we found ourselves relying on Zerto more often.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    For my organization, the pricing model was an upfront investment for the Zerto licenses. My organization prefers to pay upfront and not deal with month-to-month or year-to-year pricing models that most companies are moving to. But for some, the investment may be more than they can afford, and would prefer the year-to-year pricing model.
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    Scalability
    Red Hat
    Operational ease of use backed by support
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Professional Services
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I mean, it was 6 years ago, but we were up and going with all applications synchronizing in short order. The longest tasks was getting the 30 TB of application data synchronized between the datacenters.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Zerto is like having the best possible insurance ... it just works, and often provides the backups taken overnight that are key in recovering data/work between overnight backups.
    • Zerto easily enabled the move of primary datacenters by allowing easy failover to a secondary site, and failback to the primary site.
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