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08-24-2009, 10:07 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Why CentOS?
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Why do you(or do not) prefer centOS over other Linux flavors like ubuntu or fedora as a hosting server.
I think centOS is less stable as compared to other versions and also the support for centOS is limited.█ All time best VPS Hosting is now more affordable
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08-24-2009, 10:24 AM #2Private Citizen
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Really? I find CentOS to be the exact opposite, stable and plenty of support. All of our servers run CentOS 5.3 (x64) and we have had a great experience with it. Have you had problems with CentOS?
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08-24-2009, 10:24 AM #3Newbie
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CentOS is more stable than other distributions. It works like RedHat enterprise. I am running it since last one year without any stability issues.
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08-24-2009, 10:26 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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CentOS works great so why chose something else?
Masses of support.
cPanel and everything else works great with it...
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08-24-2009, 10:28 AM #5Private Citizen
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The only way I would dislike CentOS, is if it ran over one of my pets. However I would still use it because its solid, reliable and has plenty of support. I would almost go as far as to say its a hosting industry standard. At least its widely used due to its rock solidness.
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08-24-2009, 10:30 AM #6Junior Guru
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Not saying that this is a valid reason, but a lot of corporate America runs RH Enterprise. Being that I do contract work for a fortune 500 company and if they run RH Enterprise, which CentOS is basically copy of the OS, then I will follow what the big dogs use for their hosting needs on the free version of course CentOS.
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08-24-2009, 10:31 AM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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By default, CentOS is pretty restrictive in its package selection and slow in the updates to new packages because it literally is a repackage of RHEL, and RHEL is slow and steady for reliability sake.
You might have to develop custom packages left and right because the OS doesn't come with them, and paid RedHat support is worse than useless,█ All time best VPS Hosting is now more affordable
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08-24-2009, 10:32 AM #8Private Citizen
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08-24-2009, 10:35 AM #9Junior Guru
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08-24-2009, 10:36 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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08-24-2009, 10:39 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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Installing Oracle on RedHat is just as much more pain than installing it on Debian, and you won't get any useful help from Oracle either (proprietary software support is near-universally worthless in my experience).
The only benefit to running CentOS is if you are more comfortable working in that environment and have your processes and tools tuned that way.█ All time best VPS Hosting is now more affordable
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08-24-2009, 10:51 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Redhat has clearly defined product lifecycles that you can depend on. this is key for developers and is the main reason that they tend to stick to RH/CentOS like glue.
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08-24-2009, 11:06 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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Simply put; each to their own.
All Linux flavours (that are in development still and regularly updated) are each as good as each other.
You'll get people that swear by Debian, Gentoo, Fedora as well. CentOS is definitely the most favorable by many though and I can see why.HostGuard.net - VPS Control Panel
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08-24-2009, 11:08 AM #14Private Citizen
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08-24-2009, 11:49 AM #15WHT Addict
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Centos more reliable and pretty
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Odd, as the others I have found CentOS very stable and even as a non-Linux expert I've found support and software easy to find.
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08-24-2009, 12:33 PM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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After using *nix operating systems for 10 years I have come to prefer Debian, Ubuntu, and FreeBSD. They are simply well engineered operating systems you can depend on. Plus RPMs irritate me.
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08-24-2009, 12:45 PM #18WHT Addict
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you've got be to trolling there, or smoking some good weed!
centos is certainly more stable than ubuntu or fedora, they have 6 month release cycles, centos has what 5 years?!
centos has the most support of any linux distro as its essentially rhel, and you can buy commercial support if you want.
although personally i'm leaning towards ubuntu lts for my servers as centos 5.3 is getting way old now, at least 8.04.3 has a modern kernel and packages.
i just bought an intel motherboard whose nic (e1000e) didn't even work on centos 5.3 or fedora11 for that matter! ubuntu 8.04 works fine.
that's rubbish too, oracle on redhat is the only oracle-supported distro, hell oracle even have their own rhel rebuild - like centos!
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08-24-2009, 12:54 PM #19WHT Addict
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Think ops concern is the lack of enough package updates. Making him/her think that centos is not stable/reliable.
The late iterations of ubuntu is slight better than before. I remember one time I dist-upgrade 6.06 and X just stopped functioning due to module issues.
I swear by debian. Like someone said... rpm annoys me.
Like someone else said too.... each to their own. Use whatever works best and comfortable for you. If you want bleeding edge apps, give arch or gentoo a try.
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08-24-2009, 01:11 PM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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Definately running an OS you are comfortable with is the key. I have a lot of experience with Debian and Ubuntu and some with FreeBSD. Each has their pros and cons. Like I said before Debian, Ubuntu and FreeBSD are all very well designed and engineered operating systems. Very stable and solid. I have been using Debian for 7 or 8 years now and for 5 of those years I managed a data center where all our internal servers were Debian. The servers were Redhat 9 before I came to manage the data center. Now I use Debian, Ubuntu and FreeBSD depending on what purpose the server will be used for. Debian is always a solid choice though.
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08-24-2009, 01:14 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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I personally have servers running CentOS, Ubuntu, and Debian. My favorite machines to work with are the Debian/Ubuntu ones simply because I love how the Debian system is laid out / what it has to offer. That being said there's absolutely nothing wrong with CentOS - as mentioned previously it's essentially RHEL.
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08-24-2009, 02:52 PM #22Web Hosting Evangelist
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There are primaraly 2 leading Linux distros, Red Hat and Debian. Before the flames come, I know there are more but don't feel like comparing them all.
- CentOS is binary compatible with RH. CentOS only has images changed and re-compiles. Because RH is found in more enterprise environments, there is better commercial driver support that may not be found in non RH distros.
- Fedora is a testing platform for Red Hat and should never, ever, did I say never be used in a production environment where money is at stake. Consider it Beta.
- Ubuntu is pretty much Debian and is about as stable as Debian but with a few ease of use features such as great howto's.
- There is a large amount of community support for any of the mentioned distros. Additionally, you can find commercial support for any of them as well but it will cost.
The choice of distro is a personal one but in the end, picking one comes down to which one does the job. I have a mix of Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS and Windows servers in my environment, all stable and running well with each distro chosen for specific needs.ZZ Servers - Business Hosting, HIPAA and PCI Compliant Hosting Solutions - http://www.zzservers.com
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08-24-2009, 09:31 PM #24Junior Guru Wannabe
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I thought linux just works. But i see this nagging comments like which is the best. I would choose Fedora or centos.
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08-25-2009, 06:06 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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For a hosting company , they not only looking for OS. It need some additional softwares too, like control panels , monitoring tools , server managers . Basically Cenots support all these features . This is one of the reasons too
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