A very robust and stable Operating System
February 26, 2026

A very robust and stable Operating System

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

we use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for applications that require upmost stability, fast restart times, and the least amount of change that would normally require an administrative interface. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) also offer a very small footprint, which means less compute and resources to meet minimum Operating System requirements. A added bonus of the small footprint OS is a small attack surface from a Cyber Security Perspective

Pros

  • Fast Reboot
  • minimal hardware requirements
  • stability
  • no impact of low up time as other operating systems would normally struggle with

Cons

  • viewing overall system performance
  • increasing the disk space size of partitions
  • assigning and changing file and folder permissions can be difficult
  • extremely fast patch time and procedures save personnel resource time
  • extremely fast reboot time post kernel updates reduces application down time
  • minimal hardware specs reduces cost and allows hardware to be allocated to other virtual machines
In order to securely deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) it has to be installed without a user interface. Administrative tasks through a command line interface can be challenging. Looking up commands and testing them, documentation is often required in order to run the same commands in the future if the changes are infrequent and not practiced often by an administrator.
Windows Server can take a long time to patch, waiting for the patch to install, then waiting to apply, after the OS is rebooted it can also take additional time to apply the update. Often times Windows Server patches can fail, leading to long troubleshooting times and application outages.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Patching is extremely quick, I've honestly not seen a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) update fail to install in many years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) patching.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

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) is best suited for its stability, fast reboot time, and minimal resource requirements which reduce overall cost. The patch time for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is also extremely fast which benefits application up time.

For environments or applications that require many changes, for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) support person that is not well trained and experienced in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), this can be challenging.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Feature Ratings

Operating System
8.0
Resource Allocation
9
File Management
4
Hardware Device Management
8
Software Application Management
9
System Update Frequency
9
Operating System Security
9

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