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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Red Hat Satellite

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat® Satellite is an infrastructure management product specifically designed to keep Red Hat Enterprise Linux® environments and other Red Hat infrastructure running efficiently, with security, and compliant with various standards.N/A

    Symantec Ghost Solution Suite

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASymantec's Ghost Solution Suite is an imaging and deployment solution.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat SatelliteSymantec Ghost Solution Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    6.6
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    User Testimonials
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    Red Hat
    What we really like, is the patching part, os usefulle and easy to manage. Something that we don't use, is the VM deployment from Satellite, since we have only 8 VCD licences and a 30-nodes VMWare cluster, it was pretty hard to manage on which physical node the VMs should run .
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    Broadcom
    It helps to manage the mass of computers we use. We use GSS to see where and who deployed software to what computers. This can particularly be helpful when dealing with license usage, and tracking how many licenses we have left, and where those licenses have been used. We are able to use it to manage clients.
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    Pros
    Red Hat
    • Patch Staging
    • Customized Software Repositories
    • Version Control of Repositories
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    Broadcom
    • Simple and easy to use interface
    • Easily image multiple computers at the same time
    • Deploys software
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    Cons
    Red Hat
    • Some things are confusing for new users of the platform
    • More dashboards
    • A more user friendly GUI
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    Broadcom
    • Setting up PXE has a learning curve.
    • Still trying to figure out if we can create one golden (master) image for all hardware types.
    • Would love a way to be able to refresh PCs with effecting user and program data.
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    Usability
    Red Hat
    It is part of our daily job, without it, we will have to manually maintain a server with repos, update the repos, it will ask us a lot of time to prepare a new set of repos, and so on. Even if it is a bit tricky to use, and for a newcomer, it needs some time, we still love to use the tool, and we keep it up to date. Curerntly using v6.19.2
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    Broadcom
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    Alternatives Considered
    Red Hat
    Not sure about this question, there a no other solutions that Satellites beside Foreman(free version without support) Are you talking about Red Hat in general ? If it is about RH, well, we like the support we have, all the tools available. We used to have a TAM, which as very interesting, but the new cost to have was way to high... so we deciced to let it go.
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    Broadcom
    Once the research had been done, it seemed that Symantec Ghost Solution Suite was the best suited for our environment. The initial cost was fair and the return on investment was well worth what we had to pay up front. I would recommend Ghost Solution Suite to any larger company.
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    Return on Investment
    Red Hat
    • We have been able to automate the update process to not require after-hours monitoring.
    • Centralizing updates has greatly reduced the overall time servers are down and processing their individual updates.
    • We are able to bring our own RPM packages in and stage them in the same deployment model as official Red Hat packages.
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    Broadcom
    • Helps to manage remote computers
    • Helps to manage software licenses
    • Helps to track and manage usage
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