Item: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Rating: 10
Author: Joe Seegmiller

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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."

Return on Investment

It's definitely had a positive impact on our objectives. The main thing I would say is that we have maintained system security by having an operating system that is top-notch in security. We've had issues where systems near us have been breached. And we have not because we're protected by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)'s. Great software.

Alternatives Considered

FreeBSD and Ubuntu

So we in our company have used Ubuntu as well. Sometimes we have to use that because a certain application installer requires that we use that operating system, but we really don't prefer it just because it doesn't come with the same Add-on features that make Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) really great, like Red Hat Insights or Red Hat satellite, things like that. They come package with it. So that would be the main one. I've also used things like FreeBSD, but I think that's just too old at this point to care.

Key Insights

Do you think Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Enterprise Linux (Rhel) Review

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)