Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. IBM AIX review
March 10, 2026

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. IBM AIX review

Steve Longenecker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

[...] uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for tier 1 clinical applications.

Pros

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is less expensive than IBM AIX that it replaced.

Cons

  • The boot disk is partitioned and not fully under LVM.
  • I cannot create a bootable backup like I can with AIX mksysb.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is more cost effective than our previous standard of AIX on Power.
My organization has been replacing IBM AIX on Power with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on VMware for the past 10 years with no critical issues. From the end user perspective there is no change in usability. From the System Administration perspective Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has similar capability to AIX with very little learning curve in the transition.
  • Ubuntu and SUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is more consistent and has more application vendor support than Ubuntu or SUSE.

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) may be a good fix for disposable applications, but I would not use it for mission critical applications because of Red Hat's poor support, even with a Premium subscription.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Feature Ratings

Operating System
8.8
Resource Allocation
Not Rated
File Management
Not Rated
Hardware Device Management
9
Software Application Management
9
System Update Frequency
8
Operating System Security
9

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