Red Hat Enterprise Linux: a Linux distribution eligible for Azure Hybrid Benefit licensing, which Ubuntu is not.
Also called Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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Terms in this definition
- LAMP
Short for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (Perl and Python also fill the P): a widely used open-source stack for web applications whose database is frequently Azure Database for MySQL.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit
Licensing benefit that cuts Azure costs by reusing Windows Server or SQL Server licences with Software Assurance, or RHEL and SUSE subscriptions. Ubuntu isn't eligible, nor is the DTU purchasing model of Azure SQL.