[TriLUG] RHES

[Chris Bullock]

We have been using RHEL for over a year now with little to no complaints,
ranging from systems as small as 9GB to as large as 4TB.  Only problem I
see with RHEL is the basic support is only 30 days and web support after
that.  We did have a problem with a particular RAID card in a certain type
 of x86 piece of hardware, but after the hardware vendor and redHat kept
shifting blame, our software vendor said it was a known problem and that
the RHEL upgrade fixed the problem.
--- rwshep2000.2725323 at bloglines.com wrote:

> One of our core applications is being ported to GNU/Linux, but the
> developer
> will only certify it for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (hereafter RHEL).
> Please
> do not suggest I try to run the application on a different flavor of
> Linux.
>  The vendor certifies it only for RHEL, and won't officially support
> other
> distros.
> 
> The system our core application currently resides on is an SGI
> IRIX machine, now long in the tooth. The system manages some 500GB of
> graphics
> files on large arrays, and performs processing-intensive RIPs and other
> file
> conversions. 
> 
> We're evaluating upgrades, and the supported OS are IRIX,
> Solaris, OSX, Windows and now RHEL.  Each has strengths and weaknesses,
> obviously.
>  In order to make as informed a decision as possible, I'd like to learn
> about
> the strengths and weaknesses of RHEL.
> 
> We're unhappy with the expensive
> boutique hardware of SGI, and are likewise skeptical of Sun.  Apple OSX
> is
> very much a contender.
> 
> However, we're drawn to the commodity prices of
> x86 hardware, as well as the more general availability of parts and
> service.
>  RHEL presents us with a new means to enjoy x86 hardware.
> 
> Our only experience
> with Red Hat was Red Hat Linux 8.0, which we used only for a simple
> fileserver.
>  We have more experience with current versions of Debian and SuSE.
> 
> * How
> often have you folks had to rely on Red Hat's technical support, and how
> would
> you rate it?
> * Have you experienced any trouble with RHEL "officially" supporting
> various hardware, or run into other distro-specific restrictions?
> * Allowing
> that we do have Linux expertise, would you choose RHES over OSX?
> 
> Remember,
> we can't consider alternative Linux distros because they are not
> supported
> by the software vendor.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any comments.
> 
> Bob Shepherd
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