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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution mainly used in commercial data centers.

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Enterprise Linux

10 out of 10
May 14, 2024
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What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution mainly used in commercial data centers.


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May 14, 2024

Enterprise Linux

Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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So we use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on our virtualized virtual machines. We install the OS. And on top of the OS we have applications like Middleware, component, JBoss, IBM, Webware, or other components which our internal application team needs to use it. We are part of a hosting hosting platform, so all the applications. That's it on enterprise Linux.
  • 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.
  • I would say for me ease of use is very good. We don't find any much more challenges with the LINUX part. Only thing maybe when we go for appliances or network devices, right? Instead of using Enterprise Linux, we use CentOS or some other product. Probably if they can customize for network devices and all, maybe it's more they use other softwares. So that's the only thing I overall I don't have any specific feedback for Linux. Yeah, it's good. Nice.
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.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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So we utilize Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as the primary offering system for a number of our applications. We host many critical applications for the university spanning multiple departments, in-house use as well as things that customers or students use every day.
  • I really love that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is reliable, that it always seems to work well.
  • It's very secure.
  • I really appreciate that Red Hat keeps everything up to date and they are on top of security, mobilities, et cetera. I'd say those are my favorite things.
  • Nothing immediately comes to mind. It generally works really well and I'm very happy with it. When they come out with new things, I'm always like, "oh, that's cool. I didn't think of that."
So anyone that's running an application that runs on a Linux distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)'s a great option for that. Things that aren't going to work well with it. A lot of times vendors provide their own custom build operating system. So you can't use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in that instance.
May 13, 2024

RedHat Review

Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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So business problems that we address is really, it's the underlying platform by which we stand up our server technology that we have to support. So we use it as pretty much high available secure operating system for the different services that we have running on them.
  • I'd say as far as security, having security built in and baked in from the start, I think Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) does really well. I think the packaging, the updating as well as just the Ansible integration in it all, just being able to leverage Ansible in a lot of ways with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has been huge. The imaging process is fairly easy, so I just like it overall as far as it comes ready to be implemented, secured, and deployed to production in a lot of ways. As far as the built-in tools make it easier, and it's something I've been familiar with for a long time and something they've improved upon specifically has been Damon's system. CTL has been a huge help.
  • I'd say the more advanced security tooling features, but maybe that's because I don't leverage any of the GUI complimentary software suites. But really just being able to leverage FA policy aid A ID and SE Linux in a more intuitive way. Maybe that's just training. I think training is another thing that could be helpful. Just having the training subscriptions accessible for my team can be super helpful. Really the biggest gap we have, it's just making sure that people are trained on the technology we're leveraging.
I would say for enterprise server management for just essentially servers that don't require GUI or that you want to run in a kind of secure, standalone fashion. I think it does become difficult with integrating with different identity providers. So that can be a pain point as far as integration with active directory or any kind of ldap. But I would say as far as just being able to provide confidence that you're deploying a secure product from the outset and that it serves the needs of the different infrastructure as far as compatibility with a lot of software that's built on the platform. So I think it's really helpful for serving that server software in the cloud or on virtual machines wherever.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for our server infrastructure for its lightweight and versatile builds with automation integration and solid security practices. It provides us a flexible and stable environment with a diverse range of capabilities to fill each niche situation that arises.
Utilizing satellite, idk, and Ansible AAP we are able to quick and efficiently deploy, manage, secure, and configure our environment within minutes.
  • Server infrastructure
  • Security profile
  • Automation
It’s about it to scale, manage, efficiency of resource utilization, flexibility, and automation platforms
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
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We have several services running on VMware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) at the moment. We use these services for various purposes, including collecting KPIs, managing user data services, storage for mobile network data plans, creating SFTPs to share information with vendors and providers, and using NGINX to host GUI interfaces for some of our products
  • Security
  • Conpatibility
  • Support
  • Comunity development
  • Hardened deployment
  • Improved GUI interface
  • Easy storage scalability
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.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)to run our applications. It gives us a standard to use. And support is critical to lean on.
  • Organization
  • Security
  • Updates
  • OS upgrades
  • Documentation
  • Resource management
Keeping our servers up to date with automated patching. And support.
John Devine | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to service our pharmacies, oracle databases and numerous applications and other services
  • Stability
  • Security
  • Ease of use
  • Support
  • Satellite simplification
Stability of service
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle servers, applications servers, infrastructure servers
  • low overhead
  • can install packages without reboots
  • Better AD interface for authenication
  • More robust Satellite improvements for a more complete patching system
Requires less resources in an OnPrem environment, compared to windows
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on 2000+ servers, which are hosting multiple different applications
  • App servers
  • Web servers
  • Database servers
  • Patching
  • CIS/System hardening
  • Migrations
Excellent product
May 09, 2024

RHEL Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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It is our main OS for developing software. It gives us consistency and across our development environment.
  • With RHEL, comes support that is helpful and will answer questions that we have
  • The patching process is simple and easy.
We use RHEL for all developing and infrastructure environments. It gives us the capabilities to secure our systems they that follows policies.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is our rock solid foundation of so many aspects of things we do every day. Having a secure, extensible operating system means that we can focus our time and effort where it is needed most.
  • stability
  • security
  • ease of use
  • keeping closer to newest versions of software
  • easier upgrades between major versions
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in our supercomputers, infrastructure systems, and end-user workstations and laptops.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) strives to remain compliant with Federal requirements.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) provides a reliable base platform.
  • We find that packages we rely upon may be moved out of the RHEL base repositories, which make it difficult to obtain cybersecurity approval. For those packages.
Well suited for Federal and high security enviroments, when rigid standards are enforced.
Less appropriate for corp9rate desktop use, although it can easily be augmented to meet this use case.
May 09, 2024

Specialist

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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I used the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in apps very critical for the bussines and is very easy used
  • Security
  • Easy
  • Flexibility
  • Finance
  • People
  • Authentic
It’s very used the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in the business because it’s secure and easy to work.
the coworker feels comfortable with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
when the system is emergency mode it’s very easy , come back to o.s. It’s no difficult and the apps works very well.
in the other the vulnerability it’s very quickly and de deployment with Ansible
May 09, 2024

my rhel

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Telco call acquisition and routing,
  • Uptime
  • Scales very well.
  • Provide a secure environment.
  • Many companion products.
  • Documentation is not well structured.
  • A better Explanation of product use examples would be helpful.
Rapid deployment and excellent interoperability during installation for both public-facing and internal systems. Very good management tools for existing and new nodes.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Professionally as an operating system for end user workstations, servers, and development environments.

Personally as a testing and development environment.
  • Security
  • Versioning
  • Networking
  • Package handling
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.
Paul Marquardt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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We use RHEL as a large-scale Desktop/Workstation Linux offering, serving scientists, engineers, developers, and cybersecurity researchers.
  • Availability of security, bugfix and feature updates
  • System stability and long-term support
  • Modular package design serving a large audience of users
  • Strong participation in the Open Source community
  • The desktop experience is not as good as other distributions
  • Sometimes patch updates break and required manual fix
RHEL desktop systems are an excellent solution for air-gapped networks due to Red Hat's patch management framework.
May 08, 2024

Red Hat

Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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We use RHEL for our HPC on trading servers.
  • Ease of deployment
  • Patching
  • Great support
  • Subscriptions
  • satellite
  • snapshots
RHEL is very versatile and easy to use and great customer support. We have been RHEL customer for several years. Very satisfied.
Jimmy Malone | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
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HPC workloads for ASIC design, and SAP.
  • Security compliance (NIST STIG)
  • Insights integration
  • Servicing and patch management
  • Unclear differentiation between product variances
  • Better integration with SAP
  • Clearer distro upgrade paths
Security and compliance out of the box. May be overkill for more basic DIY applications.
May 08, 2024

RHEL Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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Linux admin, performing patching and deploying of servers and applications
  • Support
  • Global affiliations
  • Large userbase
  • software compatibility
  • additional GUIs to choose from
  • something like uptrack for kernal patching
I have an over all good experience with RHEL during a work environment. I have also used it in a lab environment at home where I would install additional applications on RHEL 6 7 and even RHEL 8. I can't think of anything scenarios where it would not be appropriate
May 08, 2024

RHEL is the bomb

Phil Heidrich | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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Rhel is our primary web infrastructure provider. tomcat, jboss, etc
RHEL gives us easy fast secure web platform
  • fast, serves web pages very quickly
  • secure, patch is easy and repeatable
  • orchestration is quick
  • disk managment I/o flexibility
  • 3rd party driver implementation
  • leaappp upgrade is not exactly easy
it is way more faster and more efficient for deploy anything. it works well and we have begun to roll out for workstation
May 08, 2024

RHEL OS Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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We use RHEL to operate various workloads to run cyber security focused applications to systems that monitor and control the safety of test vehicles.
  • stability
  • system upgrades
  • security
  • improve documentation of features
  • Promote tie-in of features from different products
provides a better platform for development for K8s
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