What are the differences between "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation" and "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server" ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

  • What is the main difference between Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
  • What are the different types of Subscriptions provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation & Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.
  • What level of support does Red Hat provides ?

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Difference -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Designed for Personal computing Designed for Mission-Critical Production Environment.
Meant for Single User who is Typically Working From a Directly Connected Keyboard and Display Can be Deployed on Physical Systems, as a Guest on Hypervisors or in Cloud.
Has included all the Capabilities and Applications included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Subscription. This Subscription can be used Without GUI for High-End Computing.
Optimized for high performance activities such as graphics animation scientific computing etc. Products such as Containers, RHEV, Directory Server and Satelite etc. can be used in this Subscription.

Types of Subscriptions -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Premium , Standard & Self Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Workstation - Professional & Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux Addons - High Availability, Resilient Storage, Extended Update Support etc.

Scope of Coverage -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Assistance with Installation, Usage, Problem Diagnostics and Bug Fixes. Assistance with installation, application testing, usage, problem diagnosis.
Includes Advice on Architectures, design, Development and Prototyping of Applications Includes bug fixes for software used for production purposes.
Does not includes Assistance with Software Available through Supplementary Channels and Preview Technologies Does not include assistance with code development, system/ network/ architectural design, tuning recommendations, development or implementation of security rules or policies.

  • Subscriptions must be used for the use case that they are intended. For example, you may not use a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation subscription as a production server. You also may not seek production support by using a developer subscription.

  • The servers are usually used in the environment where there is an implementation/integration of other Enterprise-level products like satellite/containers/directory servers/virtualization/database servers. For example:- Red Hat satellite cannot be implemented/hosted on a workstation. The workstation does not provide any package in its repository for satellite.

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