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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Overview

What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a secure, adaptable and easy-to-manage Linux server platform that allows developers and administrators to deploy business-critical workloads on-premises, in the cloud and at the edge. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is an operating system that is adaptable to any environment – optimized for performance, security and reliability. Security – Championing a secure supply chain Stay ahead of cyberattacks with advanced supply chain security and confidential computing. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is certified and compliant at the highest levels. Agility – Bridging to the cloud-native world Foster developer agility with solutions that are built to increase productivity. This includes an expanding library of Base Container Images and KubeVirt for VM management with Kubernetes. Resilience – Innovating on the latest hardware Innovate everywhere from cutting-edge hardware to the public cloud. This includes cloud innovations like support for Arm64 server instances in Microsoft Azure, chipset innovations like NVIDIA open GPU kernel module, and hardware platforms from Dell, Fujitsu and HPE.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a world-class, secure open source server operating system, built to power physical, virtual and cloud-based mission-critical workloads.


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Recent SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Reviews

Marco Antonio P.
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Marco Antonio P.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"SLES the best to SAP enviroments"
SLES are a great system operation, the distribution are very well and the compatibility, to SAP Hana now working so good on our enviroments, and t...
Brian F.
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5.0 out of 5
"Top notch Linux Server OS"
Easy to work with, quality product and secure.
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4.5 out of 5
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A really useful Linux distribution, stable and very fast when you need support.
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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

we are using as storage and also install database for reporting branch wise we are using as a VNC remote desktop very smoothly running no need high hardware required just simple install on Simple PC we are very happy to use it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

little bit work for desktop GUI for better otherwise everything is very good no need to change just desktop looks not new same to old little bit graphic to improve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

please use this very light no need to extra hardware just install on Desktop PC running very fine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

we have cost saving in remote desktop just install VNC rpm and create session separated working other is very light software no need to extra hardware it is running on Desktop PC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

The ease of managing the server, the ease of installation, the administration panel, and the fact that it has both cloud and on-prem make it almost a complete industry-grade OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Not much complaints, still would like the GUI to be made better and better support for IBM packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using it to run our SLES environments, and HANA workloads, clients are extremely happy with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

High load server in the cloud, run applications directly from standard applications on PC, data request and license for other services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Integrating third-party software and data requests in and out of the network becomes difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solve the performance problem of my local server, with access to the cloud I develop high-level applications and data request and immediate response. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Quick and easy-to-use support channels and well organized knowledge base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

The package manager is not such intuitive as in other linux products. I`ve used to use yum and zipper or yast are not such organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

SLES is a powerful platform for business applications like SAP, and it was the first certified platform for SAP S/4 and HANA. I strongly recommend to use this product as solid foundation for newly build on-prem SAP systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using SLES for SAP environment, mostly used for HANA databases. I`m using both x86 and Power versions, as mine HANA systems utilize Power ability to address terabytes of RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Its very easy to install & GUI interface also very good to support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Some package bug is ther that need to be addressed ASAP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have SAP application running on SLES. Its benefiting the business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

SLES is very easy to operate from an Administrator perspective. I have rarely seen any issues related to the kernel. SAP applications performance have been always at par. It support all kind of clouds, physical servers, vmware, etc. Official security release from SUSE have been always on time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Knowledge base articles available in public forum can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

Always check the compatibility matrix for your application and support criteria from SUSE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using it on Network backup Admin servers and also for all clients. Clients are having SAP applications installed on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

When running our SAP workloads, we found suse a reliable partner who offers a good enterprise distrubution at reasonable rates. Suse excells when it comes to useability, support and documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

From time to time, certain niche topics aren't documented and it might take a longer while untill certain packages are included into the suse repositorys Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

We switched from AIX to SLES for running our SAP application servers and we've always used suse for running our hana workloads. AIX to suse was from a cost savings perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is an enterprise-grade Operating system validated for running various enterprise applications.

It is widely available On-premise, on various clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM etc.), edge computing.

It is preferred Operating system for various enterprise applications like mainframe modernization, SAP.

It is open source, easy to modify, customize for various needs and security requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server can have a longer support cycle and a more secured kernel.

It can have be more cost effective for test and PoC use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

One of the leading operating system for production-grade workloads. Easy to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

For migrating on-premises workloads to the cloud, we are using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for various applications.

For greenfield workload deployments as well, we choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for production-grade workloads.

Using pay as you go model on Clouds for quick testing and PoCs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

It is the distribution I know best and I like the whole services/products around SLES. Like if I need special software that is not part of the normal repositories and it is even not found in the packagehub I can build it easily by my own using the open build service and submit it to SLES. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

Sometimes it takes too long to get newest software versions, but this was more a problem with SLES 12 and later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

SLES is my default solution for customers searching for a linux distribution. Database server, fileserver, webserver.. We are using salt to automate everything, and that fits best with SLES. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is just that, a Linux server built for the enterprise. There's a good balance of features from latest code but with the experienced security from past releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is perhaps not marketed as well as it should be so it suffers a bit from lack of recognition which in turn affects adoption and third-party support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server provides a security-hardened Linux operating system that is well supported, both by SUSE and their growing user community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.