SaaS and On-Premises Systems Management from Red Hat

Systems management is a critical function of all IT organizations. IT departments must choose between an in-house deployment or hosted service in order to find the best match for their scale, flexibility and financial requirements.

Red Hat supports both on-premises and software as a service deployment models in order to offer maximum choice and value for a wide range of use scenarios.

Choose the deployment model that works best your needs.

Software-as-a-Service On-premises
Rapid deployment with a low entry cost and minimal administrative overhead Maximum flexibility, control, and performance for large scale deployments
Software update, configuration management, and provisioning Red Hat Network Hosted Red Hat Network Satellite
JBoss Operations Network
System and application monitoring Red Hat Command Center RHN Satellite Monitoring Module
JBossON Monitoring Module

Software-as-a-Service offerings systems management offerings include:

  • Red Hat Network Hosted provides software updates, management and provisioning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Directory Server, Red Hat Application Stack, and Red Hat Exchange solutions. The Red Hat Network Hosted update service is included with every Red Hat Enterprise Linux based subscription, at no additional charge.
  • Red Hat Command Center is an affordable, easy to use, enterprise systems monitoring service. Delivered online through a subscription, Command Center monitors an entire IT infrastructure - from Red Hat operating systems and JBoss middleware to third party business applications and network infrastructure, ensuring continuous services levels for all IT components.

On-premises systems management offerings include:

  • Red Hat Network Satellite provides on-premises software updates, configuration management, bare-metal provisioning, and virtualization management for large scale Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments. An optional Monitoring Module adds on-premises systems monitoring capabilities.
  • JBoss Operations Network provides a cross-operating systems management platform for the JBoss Application Platform. Deployed in an on-premises server-agent architecture, it provides inventory, administration, configuration, and deployment for middleware application components. An optional Monitoring Module adds on-premises application monitoring capabilities.

Red Hat will continue to grow the portfolio to deliver both on-premises and software as a service systems management offerings that provide multiple choices in deployment architectures to customers of all sizes.