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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category stands at 11.8%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
University
6%
Educational Organization
5%
Retailer
5%
Healthcare Company
4%
Comms Service Provider
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Insurance Company
3%
Media Company
3%
Construction Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
2%
Legal Firm
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%

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Saravvana Kumar. - PeerSpot user
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Jul 19, 2023
Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price

Pros

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is very stable. It has been in the market for so many years, and it is used by large organizations."

Cons

"Its installation on a RAID or cluster system is something difficult. "
JD
Senior Infrastructure Architect at Ensono
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
May 28, 2024
Bulletproof systems and fantastic support from Red Hat and Community

Pros

"The systems are just bulletproof. We do not have problems with it. Support for file system differences and migrations has been solid."

Cons

"A lot of it is related to communication. They are building solid products, and quite often, people do not find out about them until two or three years have passed. "
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Harrison Bulley - PeerSpot user
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Net Consulting
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Jun 5, 2023
Helps us build with confidence and ensures availability across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures

Pros

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is lightweight and can be run on almost anything."

Cons

"Although the price is reasonable, there is room for improvement in order to stand out from other open-source solutions."
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Manager Infrastructure Engineer at Cox Automotive Inc.
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Jun 26, 2024
A reliable and well-supported OS that saves a lot of cost for our company

Pros

"It integrates with our automation base. We have Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible. All the engineers who are a part of our infrastructure or operation on the Unix side are Red Hat Enterprise Linux certified, so it is a lot easier for us to manage and integrate with the tools that we have. It makes much more sense from the middleware perspective and management too."

Cons

"The bootup time for Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on physical hardware in the data center can be improved. We have seen cloud-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and it is instantaneous. You wait for a few seconds, and the operating system is up and running. It is a lot faster, whereas it takes a very long time when running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on physical hardware."
TR
Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Apr 28, 2022
Product discussed: RHEL 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Well supported, straightforward to deploy, and the Smart Management features are helpful

Pros

"We use this product's built-in tracing and monitoring tools such as syslog and SAR (system activity reporter) to provide us with greater insight and visibility into what's going on."

Cons

"I would like to see improvements made to the subscriptions and management of them."
PeerSpot user
Senior Linux System Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Jun 4, 2023
Great support, predictable, and does what I need

Pros

"Everything is just stable and works well."

Cons

"The only change that stumped me was the networking in version 9. I preferred the ifconfig way of doing things, but the system changes of it have grown on me."
SH
Systems Analyst at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Jun 1, 2023
Product discussed: 7, 8
It is easy to deploy, is scalable, and makes it easy to maintain compliance

Pros

"The most valuable features are ease of support and the ability to run a read-only course on the operating system."

Cons

"The technical support has room for improvement."
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Technology Operations Engineer III at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
May 28, 2024
We have a reliable OS for production, and I can't speak highly enough of their support and community

Pros

"Their support is valuable. Whenever I had a problem, I could get on a phone call with somebody. I did not have to go to some random forum or send an email and wait forever. I could call somebody."

Cons

"It does have a workstation option, but you rarely hear anything about it. I would love to see the workstation replace Windows. That is a stretch goal, but it is possible."