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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
The leading open source platform for modern datacenters
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® delivers military-grade security, 99.999% uptime, support for business-critical workloads, and so much more. Ultimately, the platform helps you reallocate resources from maintaining the status quo to tackling new challenges. It's just 1 reason why more than 90% of Fortune Global 500 companies use Red Hat products and solutions.
Features & benefits
Military-grade security
Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes military-grade security technologies—from network firewall control to secure containers for application isolation—to prevent intrusions and protect your data. With our Product Security Team's support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can safely deploy apps across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
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99.999% uptime
With the help of advanced hardware reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features, Red Hat Enterprise Linux lets you deliver 99.999% uptime to your enterprise users.
Read Adobe's case studyTrust the Linux experts with your Linux containers
Linux containers let you package applications with their necessary components to simplify app deployment and speed delivery. But securely delivering and maintaining multicontainer-based apps at scale across your enterprise is complex. That's where we come in. Containers rely entirely on Linux, and no one knows more about Linux than Red Hat.
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Record-setting performance
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is ready to run your toughest workloads immediately after installation. As one of the highest-performing platforms available, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is frequently chosen to run industry benchmarks that showcase leadership in diverse areas like computational scalability, application performance, and database throughput.
Read our blog for performance detailsPlatform interoperability made easier
Compatibility doesn't have to be complicated. Red Hat Enterprise Linux works well with a variety of operating systems, including UNIX and Microsoft Windows Server. As systems, technologies, and business needs evolve, we keep pace to stay compatible. For example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux can also be deployed as a guest operating system across public clouds and supported hypervisors, further extending its flexibility.
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Peavey amplifies business intelligence
Peavey's updated IT environment, running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA, greatly sped up query response times, expanded reporting capabilities to mobile users, and increased productivity and availability—all at lower capital costs.
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Combine products to build your ideal solution
Thanks to open standards, Red Hat products work well together and with products from many other vendors, so you can configure your IT environment the way you need it.
See how our products work together to solve business problems
More to learn
Improve application delivery with containers
Containers can benefit everyone in IT, but standardization and security are essential.
5 steps to successful container adoption
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New Red Hat Enterprise Linux features
Check out the features that were introduced in the latest releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.