CentOS Previous Solutions

MohammedThousif Ansari - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Tata Communications Ltd

We're also using Solaris. We're mostly using these for database storage to fix details and manage the organization data.

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Arif-Kundi - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at BazTech

I have no experience with other tools in the market.

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Vijay Muddu - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager server admin and security at Vivaconnect

I have previously used Windows. 

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Ayman Allam - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and Automation Lead | Technical Expert at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

I'm also using Ubuntu. 

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Sajjad Raza - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President | Services Group Leader at Afiniti

Before joining the current company, I was using Ubuntu Linux. When I used CentOS the first time, I didn't find any hurdle or issue in using that OS.

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Erick-Guevara - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Server Manager at Centro Nacional de Registros

For the production environment, we use Red Hat Linux and for the testing or relevant environment, we use CentOS.

Right now, with a Kubernetes solution and maybe we need a new solution as we are trying to move onto SecureNet. If we use, for example, EKS and right now, maybe in the future, we don't need to deal with an operating system. In the future, if we cause CentOS, we might use it in a smaller, more basic implementation.

We did not use anything previously. 

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BB
Senior Unix System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did use Red Hat a long time ago, and I switched because they couldn't seem to decide how they wanted to charge for their service. I was perfectly happy to just pay them, but it would range by huge amounts. I couldn't maintain that.

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

We were also using SUSE Linux in Windows.

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RS
Group Manager at HCL Technologies

We were using Redhat Linux. We just had the application need, which is why we adopted this product.

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VivekSaini - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Aon Corporation

We also use Red Hat.

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Ibidapo Ibrahim - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Infrastructure at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Since they have changed their licensing strategy, we are using more Ubuntu. 

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MI
Chief Product Officer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I've also used Oracle Linux as well. We put deep packet processing on the Linux solution.

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Muhammad-Mwinchande - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at NMB Bank

I use MacOS, Windows, and Ubuntu on a daily basis.

For a server environment, I would recommend CentOS, but for normal usage, I would recommend MacOS.

When you buy a Mac it just comes with MacOS which is beautiful to work on. If I'm using a Windows laptop, I would go for CentOS. However, the problem with CentOS is there is no Microsoft Office.

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MM
Group CEO at Mmusi Group

At the time, there were quite a lot of options like Linux, Red Hat, and Ubuntu. But if you're already using these commands that work here, they will be the ones that work there. So, we chose CentOS.

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SK
Group DWH and BI Senior Manager at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa

Before CentOS, we used Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The reason why we approached CentOS is that it has the same flavor, but there is no subscription. Earlier, we were paying for Red Hat Linux on a yearly subscription. In order to minimize the cost, especially for some of the applications, it didn't make sense to pay on a yearly basis. 

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RK
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We did not previously use another operating system. 

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Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at HCL Technologies

I've also used Debian and Ubuntu.

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D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

We've used Ubuntu in the past for various systems and projects, and once in a while, a vendor uses it for their platform. We don't care for the more aggressive updates, and we usually don't need the most updated packages.

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it_user541425 - PeerSpot reviewer
SCM administrator at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We were using Suse Enterprise. It was too non-standard. We often ended up fighting its mysterious "Yet Another Setup Tool" to get things installed.

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NP
Teaching and research assistant at a university with 201-500 employees

I am also familiar with Xilin.

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GD
Lead Solutions Architect - International Projects at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

We are using Ubuntu, CentOS, and also Red Hat. It really depends on the applications. If we buy applications or we use applications from vendors, if they say it has to run on Red Hat we'll run Red Hat. If they say it better runs on CentOS, it will run on CentOS. We have all the different file systems as we run applications that we buy or rent from vendors that make the applications.

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RS
Head Channel and Capacity at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

We used to use Windows 7, but we had issues with licensing and other things. 

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CC
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I have used Kali Linux before. I switched to CentOS as it is free of cost and has a good infrastructure.

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Fabián Balseca Chávez - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Presales Engineer at GMS Seguridad de la Información

We previously used Oracle Linux. 

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PS
Security Pre-Sales Engineer - Southern Reigion at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No. We started and created our solution around CentOS.Not at all complex. Anybody with basic Linux knowledge can install the server and almost anybody can easily install the desktop and get themselves familiar with it over a week

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DB
MIS Specialist at a agriculture with 201-500 employees

We are also using Ubuntu Linux.

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FE
Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

For as long as I have been with the company, they have been using CentOS.

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it_user357567 - PeerSpot reviewer
Applications & Systems Administrator at a university with 501-1,000 employees

We uses Windows before.

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it_user538686 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Corporate Systems Division at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Yes, BladeSystem. We changed the solution because the initial expenditure for BladeSystem is very high.

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it_user479220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I have been working with the CentOS product since the beginning of my career.

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it_user466755 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud & Monitoring System Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

We did not use a solution before this one.

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it_user351633 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer | OpenStack Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
NS
Storage Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Approximately two years ago, I worked with Google Drive.

I also work with Kali Linux.

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CentOS
April 2024
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