Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers military-grade security technologies to prevent intrusions and protect your data. From network firewall control to secure containers for application isolation, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of the most secure operating systems available.

You can secure applications with a common and comprehensive suite of technologies and policies across physical, virtual, and cloud deployments—all backed by Red Hat's global Security Response Team.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux gives you a set of essential tools to build and maintain highly available, high-performance storage solutions. Numerous file system options and a robust suite of storage management capabilities give you the flexibility to adapt and scale as your business grows.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is ready to run your toughest workloads right out of the box, and a set of performance-optimized profiles and tuning utilities help you to tailor and align system behavior for your particular workloads.

As one of the highest-performing operating systems available, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is frequently chosen as the platform to run industry benchmarks that showcase leadership in diverse areas such as computational scalability, application performance, and database throughput.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux gives system administrators a powerful framework to simplify both deployment processes and system configuration. A concise set of commands and intuitive graphical user interface mean that Red Hat Enterprise Linux helps you manage your infrastructure with ease.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is compatible with heterogeneous systems, including UNIX and Microsoft Windows Server. Integration with Microsoft Active Directory and the identity management features within Red Hat Enterprise Linux make this possible. Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be deployed as a guest operating system across public clouds and several supported hypervisors, further extending its flexibility.