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RHEL Forever: Red Hat Offers Infinite Support
11 Jul
Summary
- Red Hat's new offering provides continuous RHEL support annually.
- It targets regulated industries with long-term infrastructure needs.
- Pricing is negotiated per customer, not publicly listed.
Red Hat is now offering "RHEL Forever," an add-on service that provides continuous support for any Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) release. This new tier enables customers to maintain support for a specific RHEL version indefinitely, provided they renew their annual contracts. The offering is designed for industries with multi-decade operational horizons, such as finance, telecommunications, and healthcare.
This "ultimate tier" of RHEL lifecycle management aims to synchronize IT modernization with business objectives, reducing the friction caused by frequent, large-scale migrations triggered by vendor end-of-life dates. RHEL Forever builds upon existing RHEL Premium and Extended Life Cycle subscriptions, offering critical security patches, selected urgent bug fixes, and 24x7 technical support. Red Hat has not disclosed specific pricing, indicating that it will be negotiated on an account-by-account basis.
