Item: Red Hat Virtualization
Rating: 7
Author: Emile Swarts

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This was used in an organisation which I was working for, using a client-server architecture. This led to a more consistent environment and prevented *snowflake* desktops, which could be hard to diagnose issues on and provide support for. This also increased security and ultimately ended up saving a significant amount money for the company.

Pros and Cons

Standardisation where provisioning the environment became repeatable and predictable.
Easier debugging and understanding the client system.
Improved security and centrally managed.

Ran into a regression when updating firmware for IGEL
Desktop froze and became non responsive on a few occasions.
Server crashed and took down all the clients in the Thin setup.

Return on Investment

Positive effect in that it saves money on support and debugging client machines.
Faster to fix bugs and debug user issues.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon WorkSpaces

Red Hat Enterprise is more expensive but better supported when it comes to support.
Amazon WorkSpaces had more online documentation and resources to scan through.

Other Software Used

AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for very large organisations with a wide variety of departments.
Less useful for a single group of developers where the command line is mostly used.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to simplify your workflow

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops