Oracle Linux Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score9.1 out of 10

245 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Oracle Linux are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Compatibility with CentOS/RHEL: Users have praised the top-notch compatibility of Oracle Linux with CentOS/RHEL, ensuring smooth operations for many reviewers who rely on these systems for their tasks. The seamless integration between Oracle Linux and CentOS/RHEL has been a key factor in enhancing user experience and workflow efficiency.

User-friendly migration script: Some users have expressed appreciation for the highly easy-to-use migration script in Oracle Linux. They find it to be a valuable tool that simplifies transitions and saves time during the process. The intuitive design and functionality of the migration script have garnered positive feedback from users undergoing system migrations.

Stability and reliability: Reviewers describe Oracle Linux as stable, reliable, and fast. This consistent performance over time has instilled a sense of security in its long-standing availability since version 6 among users performing various tasks. The robust stability and unwavering reliability of Oracle Linux contribute to a dependable operating environment for diverse applications and workloads.

Oracle Linux Reviews

34 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesAccounting2Information Technology & Services27Computer & Network Security5

Oracle Linux my way to go

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 16, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Oracle Linux for containerization and hosting services. At our clients, we use it for applications hosting with Nginx, Apache, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. At the moment it is one of the most stable Linux distros out there and it helps to solve a lot of problems regarding unstable packages. One of the most important factors is that it is free for everything you want.

Pros

Database hosting
Dockerization
Webhosting
Print serving
Firewall with Nat iptables

Cons

Installation faster
More security profiles when installing
Info in the installation interface for beginners

Likelihood to Recommend

I recommend it to everyone that wants to try it. For me, it is best suited for hosting websites, containers, databases, etc. I use it for everything from hosting to automation.

Verified User

Executive in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Very happy to use Oracle Linux.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 16, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For some clients, Oracle Linux is used mostly to run Oracle database as single (whether using ASM - HAS or filesystems) instances and in some cases, it runs Oracle RAC or even to run simply Oracle client to attend to applications or observer for configurations with Oracle Data Guard. It´s also very easy to get support for Oracle Linux.

Pros

Good performance for Oracle databases.
Easy to deploy Oracle databases.

Cons

It could be installed with Oracle ASMLIB already in it.
Contain a tool to prepare server to have oracle database installed.

Likelihood to Recommend

Mostly to run on the Oracle RAC database. It's very well suited and makes the installation very easy. Also, the performance seems to be superior to other Linux versions. I have not tried to install Oracle Linux in order to run other services, so I can not tell if it's good or not for others than Oracle databases.

Francisco Teixeira de Morais Jr

Oracle Database Administrator in Information Technology at Kyndryl (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

12 years of experience

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Oracle Linux insights

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 13, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, we already use Oracle Linux, as experiments, for projects with Zabbix, Grafana, Syslog server, IPAM, and Elastic Stack. The goal was a closer approach to Oracle Linux and to use it as an alternative to replacing CentOs. The documentation is very well prepared and we had no difficulties in making these POCs.

Pros

Zabbix
Grafana
Syslog

Cons

The limited knowledge base on the Oracle website sometimes could make it difficult for tshoot.
The user's interface could be improved to attract more user's engagement.
The Oracle Linux, needs to offer support to more packages.

Likelihood to Recommend

As I mentioned in another question I believe the scenarios that Oracle Linux is well suited are using as a distribution to install apps such as Zabbix, Grafana, Syslog Servers, Elastic Stack, IPAM, and other's administrative tools for sysadmins. The scenarios where Oracle is less appropriate could be associated with user GUI, for example. I believe the user's GUI could be improved.

Verified User

General Manager in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Very Good OS

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 11, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Because of the stability of the system and the tests before releasing the patches to final versions, the system could be vulnerable until the tests have passed.

Pros

Performance
Security
Kernel optimization

Cons

App compatibility

Likelihood to Recommend

The excellent performance and security are a plus on Oracle Linux.

Juan Manuel Gonzalez-Sicilia Blanco

Service Chain Operations Manager in Information Technology at T-Systems México (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Oracle Linux is obvious choice for Oracle DB

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 10, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Oracle Linux is a simple choice to run Oracle databases for many business solutions. It's a stable Linux supported by the same vendor as Oracle RDBMS.

Pros

Oracle Linux is a stable and reliable OS based on RHEL.
Compatible with Oracle DB and well supported by Oracle.
Manageability and Security.

Cons

Easier upgrades between major releases.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Linux is the best choice if you use Oracle products. For many, I had no issues with Oracle Linux.

Alex Chalik

Senior Oracle DBA in Information Technology at DXC Red Rock (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)

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8 years of experience

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The power of Linux

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 17, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I’ve used oracle to perform daily ongoing business operations. It was good for [the] deployment of a new project and also awesome at registering client [systems] whether being a physical server or virtual machine guests. the only problem [that came from] a business point of view is the knowledge that people had about Oracle products, however, we tried our best to train our employees to overcome it.

Pros

Client Registering
Administration
Patching
Security auditing
Configuration management

Cons

Information sharing
Knowledge base
Custom support based on different domains.
Scheduled deployment.

Likelihood to Recommend

It’s best suited for humongous business applications such as in the banking sector where we have data flow from all directions and thorough [management] is necessary to ensure [the] business is up and running. Although multiple container technologies are now working hard to acquire leadership in software, oracle is constantly upgrading and customizing itself to give the end-users the right luxury of working in [a] fast-paced environment.

Eram Fatema Sayed

Systems Engineer in Information Technology at Tata Constancy Services (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)

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3 years of experience

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Oracle Linux

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 13, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Oracle Linux 8.5 to host the Oracle Database 19c. The customer is a food company and they have several silos across the South America, so we need an trustable OS with high availability and performance and Oracle Linux is providing this to us.

Pros

Performance.
Easy maintenance and handling.
High availability.
All in place.

Cons

SFTP is native.
Security is better than other OS.
Oracle Database installation is easy.
Database works better than on Windows.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Linux is better in a situation where we need to automate some processes as for example run stored procedures, transfer files by sftp and with this we can use shell script, don't see any situation where we could not use Oracle Linux, maybe if some application does commands over a different platform as Windows.

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

centos will do the trick at no cost

Rating: 4 out of 10

Incentivized

January 6, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we use oracle Linux only for production Oracledb. we have an Exadata which runs OEL.

Pros

It's stable
Fully customizable
Like any other Linux

Cons

Kernel upgrade switch module included at no additional cost.

Likelihood to Recommend

only when you need to complain about Oracle requirements, in any other case, centos will do the job with no additional cost.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Perfect solutions

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 5, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it as the main system of Database and Communication. There are so many functions that need to be implemented related to the end-user.

Pros

Security
Data
Communication
Browsing

Cons

Storage
Internet connection
Remote support

Likelihood to Recommend

The best thing about Oracle Linux is the way of installing software.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (Computer & Network Security company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Definitely not a disappointment

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 28, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Oracle Linux to host several services which were used to develop a maintaining system. The system ran multiple services pretty well and was exactly what we expected it to do and perform the way we needed it to. But due to an NDA, I can't elaborate further.

Pros

Performance
Latency
Configuration

Cons

User friendliness
Documentation
API

Likelihood to Recommend

Hosting services for our development cycle went pretty [well] using Oracle Linux. I actually don't have any complaints about it. I just don't have a lot of discussions with colleagues about different distributions. Some distros are better suitable depending on the needs of the developer/system admin. But I would recommend it of someone decided to ask.

Verified User

Employee in Research & Development (Computer & Network Security company, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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