I have set up some databases on CentOS, like MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and RabbitMQ.
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A very robust tool that doesn't consume unnecessary resources
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Regarding the most valuable features of the product, I can say that an operating system is a very robust tool. The product doesn't consume unnecessary resources, and it is very lightweight as an operating system. In our company, we are able to do a lot with the limited or small amount of resources offered by the tool. The aforementioned area covers my favorite aspects of using a Linux-based product like CentOS.
What needs improvement?
I have had a tough time with the product's scalability, making it an area where improvements are required.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CentOS for five to six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a robust and stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Though it is scalable, the processes attached to it are not straightforward.
There are around four to five people who use the product.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup phase is very straightforward. For a technical person, it can be very easy to install the tool.
One needs to follow a standard deployment process for CentOS. It has a few simple steps, and as long as we use the correct parameters, it will spin up the OS correctly.
What was our ROI?
My company gets regular updates on the product, which helps to save our company's costs.
What other advice do I have?
The product's security features are really good.
The integration capabilities of the product with other tools in the market are okay.
CentOS is a lightweight operating system that offers stability. I would recommend CentOS or any other Linux-based tools.
I have not used any AI with CentOS.
CentOS is an open-source product, so there are no licensing costs attached to the tool.
The value of using the solution is the fact that it is a lightweight product that is easy to implement.
I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
All the commands are user-friendly, and it provides good stability and security
What is our primary use case?
Many of my customers use Linux as their client operating system because it is more secure. Since it doesn't have a UI and there are a lot of anomalies and viruses affecting the UI-related applications, some customers prefer to have an operating system without a UI. I have seen most people use CentOS, Red Hat, or Ubuntu as a client operating system or server.
What is most valuable?
CentOS is very easy to use, and all the commands are user-friendly. Installing any package or application is pretty easy with CentOS. Security-wise, most of the latest security software and applications are compatible with CentOS. Updating the patches for CentOS is very easy.
CentOS is a stable, consistent, and secure solution.
What needs improvement?
The solution’s stability could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CentOS for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
CentOS is a very stable solution.
I rate the solution an eight out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is very scalable. CentOS is very good for any microservices or any application that has an auto scalability mechanism available. The number of users usually depends on how many users can access the OS through the network based on the bandwidth.
How are customer service and support?
The solution provides good technical support for all flavors of Linux.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is very straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
The solution’s deployment takes hardly 10 to 15 minutes. You can use the image to manually deploy the solution, or you can use the DevOps or any automation methods to deploy it.
What other advice do I have?
CentOS provides very good cost efficiency. It is a very efficient operating system without any hassle or inconsistencies. I don't see much difference between CentOS and Ubuntu. Ubuntu has a few more user-friendly commands than CentOS. Once you are familiar with the flavors, CentOS is also very user-friendly. For a new user of Linux, Ubuntu is a little bit easier.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
An open-source tool with a straightforward setup phase
What is our primary use case?
My company plans to drop the use of CentOS since Red Hat has stopped offering it support.
The tool was useful for hosting our company's website and email servers.
How has it helped my organization?
The value that my organization gained from the use of the product stems from the fact that we were able to use our email effectively, and we had only done a small deployment for the email servers.
What needs improvement?
The product lacks a graphical user interface that can help users automate certain systems using the native features offered by CentOS. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement in the product.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have experience with CentOS.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My company used to host email servers with the help of CentOS. There were around 400 users of the product in our company.
How are customer service and support?
My company has not used the technical support of the product since it was a tool that relied on the community-driven part to provide help to its users. My company could use search engines to get answers whenever we faced any issues with the product.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have no experience with other tools in the market.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and not complex, especially if you are familiar with CLI. There can be an issue in the product's setup phase if you are a person who uses graphical interfaces.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
CentOS is an open-source tool.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
CentOS and other Linux products have almost the same features, but Fedora Linux, a product that is a more futuristic tool, was a bit buggy. The aforementioned area consists of details on why my company chose to work with CentOS.
What other advice do I have?
There was nothing special that I liked about the product in terms of features that were positive for team management in our company. My company only needed a robust system that was also secure. Though my company knew about various Linux products, a major reason for opting for CentOS stemmed from the fact that it was closer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
I don't know about the stability and security features of the product since it was an area involving technical decisions that were taken care of by the technical domain in my company. Presently, there is no support available for the product, and I believe that the updates should also stop shortly.
We did not need any technical staff to take care of the product since everything was okay with it until our company took care of the updates and upgrades provided by the tool.
I feel that the product shouldn't be stopped, and CentOS should focus on improving the tool.
The management of updates in the product was straightforward, and it used to happen every week, after which it was usually promoted to production, but it was all manual work, and my company did not try to automate it.
I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Cost-effective product with an easy setup process
What is our primary use case?
We use CentOS for repository features.
What needs improvement?
There could be more integration features included in the product.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CentOS for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have five CentOS customers. It is a scalable and cost-effective product compared to public cloud solutions.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup process is easy. It requires five executives for deployment, including managers, admins, engineers, and developers. It takes around a month to complete.
What about the implementation team?
We take the help of a reseller to implement the product.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We don’t have to pay for the system’s licenses.
What other advice do I have?
I rate CentOS a nine out of ten.
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
An exceptionally stable product for testing different types of servers
What is our primary use case?
In my company, we use CentOS to work in my test environments on my laptop. I didn't implement CentOS on the enterprise server.
My company uses it like a work server, and I got access to services provided by Apache and ManageEngine, which I used to deploy solutions, especially the minor ones like Elasticsearch. I didn't use other solutions because of security reasons in my company. I use it for testing purposes related to DNS servers, directory servers, binding servers, and Hyper-V servers, which are minor cases.
What is most valuable?
CentOS is not very different from other solutions apart from its distribution since it is a free edition of Red Hat.
I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization.
What needs improvement?
I don't think any improvements are needed in the solution since we can just use it to test Red Hat before deploying it in our IT environment. We can learn more about CentOS from Red Hat.
In the future, CentOS should provide a free or open-source version for its community, which can involve improving and testing it.
CentOS NetworkManager is an area of concern in the solution that needs improvement, and it is the same with other products from Red Hat. CentOS NetworkManager was better earlier compared to what it is nowadays. The implementation or configuration would be better if there was some new CentOS NetworkManager available.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CentOS for seven to eight years. I currently use CentOS 7. I haven't got ISO on my laptop to use CentOS 8 in my test environment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a highly stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. When testing the product, I found its scalability features very stable while considering its impact on the testing phase I was involved in with the tool.
How are customer service and support?
CentOS has no technical Support since it is an open-source or free edition platform. If I face any issues or I want to learn something about the product, then I would have to learn them through the online communities for the tool. In Linux, you can find every documentation you need by doing a simple Google search or on the online communities created for CentOS.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is the same as installing an ISO file in Red Hat. The product allows me to configure the IPS and allows me for automatic configuration, making a big difference. If a person is familiar with Linux, the setup phase gets easy. If a person is familiar with Windows, installation will be hard for the first time.
Considering the use of the solution for my company's test environment, the deployment process takes only a minute or two.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
There are no cons in CentOS or Red Hat products. The cons are mostly found in Microsoft products.
What other advice do I have?
It is completely easy to maintain the solution. I haven't faced any issues with CentOS. For CentOS, I have a virtual environment on my laptop in a VMware workstation. If I face any issues with CentOS, it will be because of VMware workstation owing to the version or edition I use.
CentOS is a good product for testing and learning purposes. You can go with CentOS or Linux if you are into cyber security.
With CentOS, I didn't conduct or operate myself in a GUI environment for testing or learning purposes.
I rate the overall product a ten out of ten.
