Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) OS - Once used never turning back
Updated June 10, 2025

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) OS - Once used never turning back

Unnikrishnan Kurumbur Palamadathil | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

OS sprawl and supportability

Pros

  • Stability
  • Insights and integration with other RH products
  • Ease of management

Cons

  • KB articles can be updated more often
  • Firewall changes
  • SE Linux management
  • Having a single Pane to manage multiple product portfolio from a vendor is very helpful.
  • Co-existence of open source products and ability to obtain support
Ease of deploying using pre configured images.
Management features.

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

One of the best open source OS available and with Enterprise class support.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Feature Ratings

Operating System
8.0
Resource Allocation
8
File Management
8
Hardware Device Management
7
Software Application Management
8
System Update Frequency
9
Operating System Security
8

Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

6 - Engineering
4 - RedHat certified system administrator or engineer
  • Web Server
  • Containers
  • Backend Servers
  • Air gapped environment
  • Multi layer patching
  • Containers in a large scale
  • More clustered storage and clusters
Ease of use. Product support and KB's available

Evaluating Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Competitors

Yes - Ubuntu
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Product support and integration
Alma or Rocky Linux
More testing on clustering options

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Support

The support team are very strong technically.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
No. Standard support was sufficient due to the internal skills available.
Multiple time. The best time was during the time frame between the release of RH build of Keycloack and SSO.

Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • Patching
  • Managing containers
  • Clustering
  • GFS2 troubleshooting

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Reliability

Operational ease of use backed by support
Product support and regular patches.
As with any OS enhanced testing will need to be done prior to application integration.

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