Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

The major scenario where Red Hat Enterprise Linux best suited would be in any scenario where the application is running in production and would cause downtime / loss of revenue when that system goes down. The support system alone is worth it. An area where it's less appropriate would be where you need / want package updates earlier / faster and better hardware support with a newer kernel.

It is well suited because our customers are using it and it's out there. And my background is AIX Unix and when I came I've come in as a tech reentry and I saw an opportunity with Red Hat being the product to re-skill in and I've never looked back since.

I think it's best suited for all the monolithic application where you just need a VM and you on top of that VM you need to install a compatible product. So it's best suited for those. Where's not suited. As I said, maybe I've seen in my organization mostly our internal application teams, they go for a different operating system for appliances or network maybe it might be due to the product compatibility, not with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), but that's something maybe you should have a look or probably it's not a improvement anywhere.

Good product

More suited for business or professional use. For smaller use like a laptop or pet project id recommend another OS. Especially because certain repos have more support for smaller stuff like that like in Debian. Though professionally it is definitely second to none id much rather recommend Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) than something like Ubuntu.

It well suited for a secure os that help makes sure everything is secure. It also has long term support.

Tho os great at being stable for our base image

After a Nessus scan, there are many changes that need to be made manually. Following the instructions, most of these scenarios can be easily resolved, but there are a few that require a lot of work to solve. It would be nice to have a pre-hardened version that can be installed directly.

Keeping our servers up to date with automated patching. And support.

Stability of service

Excellent product

It is great for all enterprise functions unless you need bleeding edge code, but you can then use fedora to develop and possibly port to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, although not as current.

I am OT professional. RHEL fits well into our environment. Perhaps, RHEL is not suitable for business or general corporate network as main end-user system. End users are more in favor of MS or Apple solutions. This is where RHEL has room for improvement

As a workstation there are still some that do not think it is ready. I have used the workstation part but not much. The server side has been the main product that I rely on for mission critical applications. While nothing is perfect I can not think of any thing that I have specifically been disappointed with

We use RHEL for all developing and infrastructure environments. It gives us the capabilities to secure our systems they that follows policies.

I've been an administrator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for more than 10 years now. I can't really imagine using another OS. Nothing else has the same combination of features, security, and power.

I like it

Being Linux kernel it is accessible, and very adaptable. This allows for integration with other systems that we use as a company

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is well suited for virtualization; Verizon runs its internal private cloud on it.

RHEL is excellent for environments that do not have any specific compliance requirements, as everything works great out of the box without any additional options being needed. However, if additional compliance options are required (such as PCI-DSS or HIPAA), there are many hardening options available out of the box. Some scenarios where RHEL would not be appropriate are for environments or organizations that heavily rely on DEB or APT packages, such as Ubuntu systems.

Rapid deployment and excellent interoperability during installation for both public-facing and internal systems. Very good management tools for existing and new nodes.

Suited for application deployment in a secure env

Not able to use the latest LINUX OS features available on the market

General system administration, development, server hosting, and secure environment networking. In my opinion all see to be Red Hat Enterprise Linux's strong suites.

Use as a thin client requires effort and custom software to restrict functions and features.

Corporate and industrial applications where stability and support are most important.

RHEL desktop systems are an excellent solution for air-gapped networks due to Red Hat's patch management framework.