Enterprise Linux Rhel Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our RHEL environment powers our Ansible environment. We have several top tier applications that run on RHEL. OpenShift run zone, a core RHEL for bare metal nodes, so it does a lot.
Pros
- It's solid. You don't have a whole lot of viruses. You don't have to worry about viruses like the Windows products and it works every time. It does what it's told to do, it's very lightweight. I heard it's getting even more lightweight and can't wait for that. So solid product.
Cons
- 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.
Return on Investment
- It has done wonders for my career because I come from a Linux background, HPUX, Solaris and AIX. So made this transition to Linux 20 years ago. So it has really put my career at the forefront of what we do in the company. We're still primarily a window shop, but with Red Hat and what they're doing with the Kubernetes integration with OpenShift, with the East Satellite Management, the Ansible stuff, all based on Red Hat. It's taken off at my company and we're very happy about it.