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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) On-Premises - Uptime

Has Red Hat Enterprise Linux affected your system's uptime or security? If yes, please explain how with an example or details.

MP
System Admistrator at Lifestyle Services Group (part of Phones4U)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux's uptime has been reliable, minimizing infrastructure impact.
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Nikhil Sehgal - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Solution Advisor (Cyber Security) at Deloitte
We have not encountered any downtime while using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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Juliano Raymundo Dos Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Ilha Service
I have experienced minimal downtime while using RHEL. Some of our RHEL systems have operated uninterrupted for over 600 days. The only necessary reboots occur when applying kernel updates. Overall, RHEL has demonstrated reliable and resilient uptime and security.
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Ayomide Omole - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer / Admin at cwgiprc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has enhanced our security posture through timely security patch releases and best practice recommendations, which collectively have increased the protection of our data systems.
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IKIARIF - PeerSpot reviewer
System DevOps at PT Lintas Teknologi Indonesia
For my security customer, we get greater than 90 percent uptime.
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RB
System Engineer at Xifeo ICT
We've hardly had any downtime. It goes down occasionally, but the system performs well overall. There aren't many problems, and when we do experience issues, Red Hat support resolves them quickly.
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Mayowa ODODE - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux System Administrator at Amazon
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has reduced our downtime by about 60 percent.
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reviewer2034144 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps at a government with 201-500 employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has enhanced both our uptime and security. The system's stability has eliminated any noticeable security issues.
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reviewer2599974 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has improved our uptime and security.
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Franklin Moncayo - PeerSpot reviewer
President at Asvesot C.A.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) helps with uptime and security; with every deployment, we evaluate security and apply vulnerability scanners, covering every vulnerability without any problem.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) helps with uptime and security; with every deployment, we evaluate security and apply vulnerability scanners, covering every vulnerability without any problem.
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SD
Solutions Architect at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Regarding stability and reliability, we haven't had any issues with Red Hat VMs crashing due to a Red Hat issue.
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IE
Software Engineer at Dell Technologies
The biggest return on investment when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) from a technical perspective is minimal downtime for end users.
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JL
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped to mitigate downtime and lower risk in our environment.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped to mitigate downtime and lower risk in our environment; I've only been integrated with it for the last two years and we haven't seen any specific issues caused by Red Hat or Linux itself relating to downtime.
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SS
Platform engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that I appreciate the most are focused on stability. It is a reliable system that I can depend on more than anything else. That stability benefits my company by providing more uptime and more satisfied gamers.
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RL
Software developer manager at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
The stability of the platform is very good.
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AV
Specialist Cloud and Infrastructure at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
If you open a ticket and ask them about a new vulnerability, they provide a timeline and a patch if it's critical.
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AA
Senior Director at a media company with 10,001+ employees
The stability and reliability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has been excellent for us; aside from a couple of upgrade challenges, we generally don't face any issues during a normal business day.
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SK
Director, DevOps at Lightedge Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped to mitigate downtime and lower risk. If there ever is a problem, it's quick to stand up a replacement system.
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SP
Team Lead, Linux Systems & Tools at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Many features benefit my company by ensuring the uptime is really great. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has definitely helped to mitigate downtime and lower risks. As far as I know, we've not had a service outage with Red Hat in six years. We've had system outages if all systems fail, since we produce a high availability setup, Red Hat has been very stable, and there's been no unplanned downtime.
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CJ
Senior System Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is stable and secure; these are the two biggest factors that drive our usage.
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CP
Systems administrator at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
We haven't experienced many problems with downtime. Our operating systems have been consistently stable regarding uptime. Any downtime issues have been related to upstream factors, networking, and power infrastructure. In terms of stability and reliability, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is very stable.
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BF
Staff Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
My thoughts on the stability and reliability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform are that it has been excellent. When I consider reliability problems we have had and how much relates to RHEL, most of the issues aren't Red Hat-related; something else fails, and the Red Hat side has been consistently reliable.
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EW
Teamansvarlig Serverdrift at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped mitigate downtime and lower risk significantly. With Satellite and everything else, we can effectively control which patches go to specific servers and reduce risk with different CVEs and insights, providing us with substantial control.
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MJ
IT Solutions Engineer I at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) definitely helps to mitigate downtime; we reboot our servers twice a year and do our patches, and that helps reduce our risk of exposure to malware, worms, viruses, but also increases our uptime.
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DS
Devsecops Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) definitely helps to mitigate downtime and lower risks through access to AAP.
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reviewer2708298 - PeerSpot reviewer
System engineer at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped to mitigate downtime and lower risks since we don't have much downtime when it comes to Red Hat systems; it's quite stable.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped to mitigate downtime and lower risks since we don't have much downtime when it comes to Red Hat systems; it's quite stable. The stability and reliability of the RHEL platform are good.
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JL
Senior Hardware Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There have been no issues with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) stability and reliability. We haven't experienced any OS level reliability issues.
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Daniel Wichinescki - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist | SRE | Cloud Public and Private at Parana Banco
It's reliable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) did not help much with our uptime or security.
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NK
Senior Manager at Cognizant
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped us mitigate downtime and lower risk. With our current patching process using Kpatch, we frequently do not reboot the servers.
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GiovanniRamirez - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Consultant at Xerif
I find the most valuable aspect of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is its stability in working with other enterprise devices, such as firewalls and centralized storage.
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Samrat Zaman - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer & Principal Officer at Pubali Bank Limited
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is stable in my experience.
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reviewer2753181 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Devsec Ops Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
In my particular applications, it's not allowed to be down for more than five minutes consecutively, so it's helping me meet my requirement.
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BP
Devops at Proton Technologies
RHEL's advantage lies in its architecture - it's harder to break the system due to its notifications, invisible files, and pre-reboot checks. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) solves stability problems in two ways: the architecture of the software stack is exceptionally stable, minimizing downtime and risk, and when issues occur, the recovery time is minimal. Using OpenShift, I can spin up new instances quickly and seamlessly.
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reviewer2753175 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architecture IT Team Lead, Systems at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped mitigate downtime and lower risks because we used a lot of freeware Linux systems before, which posed challenges when bugs came up, leading to struggles when solutions weren't available. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and support from Red Hat, if issues arise, we can get quick support and resolution, making it very helpful.
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reviewer2753196 - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux Engineer at a government with 10,001+ employees
I have peace of mind, so everything with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is reliable and stable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped me to mitigate downtime and lower risks because we have everything in place to mitigate any issues since we have a failover on the other side.
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TH
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has indeed helped us mitigate downtime and lower risks. We can run for months without needing to reboot, which contributes to its stability.
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reviewer2753943 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
In my experience, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is perfect in terms of stability.
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Geetha D - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and infrastructure work at Societe Generale
In Societe Generale, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped us maintain a secure environment across our container platforms through SELinux and kernel patching, which has directly lowered the risk of downtime and improved trust in the system. Notably, the ability to automate server patching and manage cluster upgrades has eliminated the need for manual intervention, significantly reducing errors and saving several hours of work. As a result, our team can focus on more innovative topics rather than repetitive tasks, leading to improved deployment times and increased reliability by around 20 to 25%.
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reviewer2754144 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps engineer at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is one of the most stable operating systems. You don't have to restart servers often and its kernel is very stable. You don't need to have many issues fixed. It doesn't give many errors that require troubleshooting if you don't interfere with it. It has been very reliable.
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Srinivas Eswarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I assess the stability and reliability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as very stable, with negligible downtime, crashes, or performance issues.
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reviewer2757666 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I would assess the stability and reliability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as very good. As a developer, I have never seen any downtime, so it is working perfectly fine from the middleware side.
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DavidDuncan4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at Amazon
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has helped to mitigate downtime and lower risk; although it's hard for me to say that I really understand it outside of an analyst report, I can say that I truly believe it has increased uptime based on my experience.
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