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ECS-Optimized Windows vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages comparison

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ECS-Optimized Windows
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
29th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 ...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
457th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
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Featured Reviews

SC
Student at Rochester Institute of Technology
Preconfigured containers have cut licensing costs and now save our team time with faster booting
ECS-Optimized Windows can improve by giving us new generation instances rather than the old generation's AMD chips or other older technology. It should use the new generation instances, and it should also modernize the storage and the file systems that it is using because those are very old and sometimes problematic. It should also improve or add advanced configurations to the things that we are doing so it can help us and give us more efficiency and productivity in our team. It should give us good analysis, particularly more detailed analysis, with the AWS tools because it is operated by AWS. It is cloud-based, and we are getting it from AWS, so they should also integrate it with AWS better.
Md Al-Amin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Analyst at Thakral
Bank projects have gained strong security and reliable performance for critical applications
From my experience as a partner, the biggest advantage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages is that it is a stable and reliable product. It is a reliable OS when I am using it for applications because we run middleware software upon the OS, which means if there are problems or security holes in the OS, my applications also face those issues. In that scenario, the stability and security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages is commendable. The security policy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages is improved, but security measures must still be implemented. After we install the operating system, the customer's bank security team will harden the OS to block any potential breaches or malicious activities. To measure performance with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages, I assess how much RAM and CPU the background processes are consuming. I can restrict these processes to ensure that minimal background processes run, allowing my application server software and applications to operate better with the available memory and CPU resources.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"ECS-Optimized Windows has positively impacted my organization because I have been using it for proof of concepts and it increases the speed of running them because I do not have to worry about creating my own image."
"Our teams can scale at least 40% faster than before, accounting for waiting for it to boot and load everything."
"After deploying our Windows workloads using ECS-Optimized Windows on AWS, we saw improved reliability and measurable operational efficiencies."
"From my experience as a partner, the biggest advantage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages is that it is a stable and reliable product."
"Cloud integration is quite easy, and containerization support along with file system level enhancements has improved considerably."
"It is pricey, but our product requires a high level of security and performance, making it much better than Ubuntu and other Linux options."
 

Cons

"Improvements for ECS-Optimized Windows could include faster Windows patch cycles, a lighter AMI footprint for quicker boot times, better visibility into container-level performance metrics, and improved cost optimization guidance."
"One problem with ECS-Optimized Windows is that the image size is quite large."
"ECS-Optimized Windows can improve by giving us new generation instances rather than the old generation's AMD chips or other older technology."
"There is room for improvement regarding response time and first-level support quality."
"Maybe for the virtual machine management, we utilize Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages because it is so powerful. We have a lower version of Red Hat for previous virtual machine management, and since we now have a new version, virtual machine management is more complicated."
"Regarding the technical team of Red Hat, I find the support to be a mixed bag. In my region during office hours, calls go to the Asia Pacific support team, which is not up to the mark."
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Construction Company
37%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
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Healthcare Company
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ECS-Optimized Windows?
I think ECS includes licenses, so it reduces the stress. Also, the cost is very low, at $0.04 per hour per version of the CPU. We can also get our own license. It follows the BYOL method. I told yo...
What needs improvement with ECS-Optimized Windows?
ECS-Optimized Windows can improve by giving us new generation instances rather than the old generation's AMD chips or other older technology. It should use the new generation instances, and it ...
What is your primary use case for ECS-Optimized Windows?
My main use case for ECS-Optimized Windows involves utilizing the machines offered by AWS, which means a workload like the image of Windows, exactly. It is provided by AWS with right-sizing for the...
What needs improvement with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages?
To improve Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, I suggest adding better features, patch management, and enhancing SELinux even further. Breaking SELinux is very difficult, but challenges still exist. Port m...
What is your primary use case for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages?
I am ready to shift from a project I was focused on, and I took a break recently. I stopped working with Red Hat Enterprise Linux while I was working with Ericsson Global Services Private Limited i...
What advice do you have for others considering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (redhat 9) | Support by SupportedImages?
I did not use Podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for container management, but I am aware it exists. I was using a VMware setup with OVF kind of images instead. We have yet to fully assess Red Ha...
 

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