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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution mainly used in commercial data centers.N/A
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    RHEL provides more support and has a bigger community, RHEL is a more mature product and has Fedora and Centos as upstream products to help make it more stable.
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    Rocky Linux. CentOS, Arch about every distribution of Linux. Stability and reliability are king and the support. If something happens or you just hit a bug, that's why you go to Red Hat.
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    It's superior. I mean they're all Linux so it's all that code, but I find that the intangibles that you get with Red Hat, meaning the enterprise support, the lifecycle, that's what clearly makes it better than the rest of them.
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    Ubuntu ssa. Most other Linux platforms I've used. It's better in some areas. It's not as good in the sum.
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    Windows 11 has more stability and great functionality compared to older windows versions, and the gap between windows and Linux has shortened. You can pick from different OS’s to build enterprise level software on nowadays. But Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is still among the …
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Direct competitor on an os level. RHEL just has a better feel and usability. I feel more comfortable with it. Both work. But RHEL is my preference
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    due to support options, long term experience and as certified os for sap
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Suse is too complicated once they trapped you into using the UI for configuration.
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Far better vendor experience and support compared to Oracle. Better security and update cadence compared to CentOS. Better docs with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and the ability to bring data together though Red Hat Insights is a powerful tool. This helps feed into other …
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    RHEL because of more wide adoption, stability, general knowledge on the platform and less nonsensical approach to various platform functionalities
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    I much prefer Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) over Windows. There is way more customization and flexibility, and being able to use Linux as the OS over Windows gives additional flexibility for various use cases. I prefer the intuitive use cases of Mac, but the lack of …
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    RHEL helps us provide better service to our customers and to help them to make the best decisions for their business in order to achieve better customer satisfaction in the future and in the long run to achieve better outcomes for the company in the future.
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    There isn't a big difference but they do not have the same level of support. Linux overall has come a long way
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    RHEL Enterprise support is better than Ubuntu.
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    We haven't used anything comparable to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). We are a WIndows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL )shop. We only support those two
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    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    CentOS, Windows
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Small Businesses
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM AIX
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ubuntu
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (109 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is well suited for cloud environments, fast deployments and to run non-intensive apps/tools (with low memory and low cpu consumption).Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) might not be suited for really huge databases and intensive CPU processing.
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    Pros
    Red Hat
    • Virtualization, like the operating system level task. I see this product is very good and it blends very well with the middleware components like all the JBoss and other things. And other than that, either you install it or a virtual machine or physical servers, it works seamlessly anywhere. And if you want to go further, like Red Hat OpenShift or those things also work very nice with it.
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    Cons
    Red Hat
    • In the LEAP process. The upgrading process, which I'm hearing, like I said it before, prior that I was on rail seven, eight, and nine. Trying to get all of that to rail nine and stay current. The LEAP process from seven to eight is a little bit less than desired. I've talked to some people that from once you get on eight from eight to nine to nine to 10 is a breeze. So I'm looking forward to that.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Red Hat
    We find RHEL to be a superior OS with stable operations and long life. It is also easier to use and fix then most other OS's.
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    Usability
    Red Hat
    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distro is the simplest enterprise version of Red Hat that is enterprise supported and when you deploy as many VMs as we do, it is vital to have that enterprise support. On top of the enterprise support, having access to a commercially supported backbone for updates and upgrades is a huge plus.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Red Hat
    Product support and regular patches.
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    Performance
    Red Hat
    As with any OS enhanced testing will need to be done prior to application integration.
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    Support Rating
    Red Hat
    Red Hat support has really come a long way in the last 10 years, The general support is great, and the specialized product support teams are extremely knowledgeable about their specific products. Response time is good and you never need to escalate.
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    Implementation Rating
    Red Hat
    Don't be afraid of it, its easy to install and configure for the tasks needed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Red Hat
    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.
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    Scalability
    Red Hat
    Operational ease of use backed by support
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    Return on Investment
    Red Hat
    • RHEL provides a good base OS and additional tool sets for various deployments.
    • We are able to use Satellite to manage hundreds of OS's behind our corporate firewall. No other OS provides the level that RHEL does.
    • It is a known good quantity. Their support for the OS is amazing.
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