CentOS Reviews

I use CentOS as an operating system for many of the services we are using.

CentOS should extend the support of the solution. The solution is set to have no update support in 2023.

I have been using CentOS for approximately 10 years.

CentOS is stable.

The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers.

This solution is not used by end-users, it is used by IT staff.

There is not any technical support available from CentOS since it is open-source. However, there is a large community where information can be found for any problem that might arise.

The initial setup of CentOS was simple. There was some configuration to be completed but then it is up and running.

We did the implementation in-house.

This is a free solution.

The number of maintenance people needed depends on the company and its strategy.

I recommend this solution to others but the support of the solution is ending next year.

I rate CentOS an eight out of ten.

The solution provides useful information and has good compatibility. 

I'd like to see additional security and more coding tools. 

I've been using this solution for two years. 

This solution is stable. 

This solution is scalable, we have around 30 users. 

I wasn't involved in the initial setup but I believe it was straightforward. We have infrastructure related employees who dealt with the deployment. 

I recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10. 

We have been using CentOS for web-based applications, containers, and OpenStack.

The most valuable feature is the limited resources the solution uses in operation.

The solution could improve by making the management tools better for the DevOps teams. For example, WebEX and Webstacks.

I have been using CentOS for approximately 10 years.

CentOS is highly stable.

The solution is scalable but not at the operating system level.

Web-based applications are using this solution in my organization which many users could be using them.

CentOS is a free solution.

I would recommend this solution for the server-side.

I rate CentOS a nine out of ten.

We are using this solution as an operating system for scientific computing.

The most valuable feature is performance.

The solution might be discontinued but I hope that IBM will continue to develop it and improve on the functionally and features.

I have been using this solution for approximately 10 years.

The solution is stable.

We have more than 20 customers that use this solution scientific computing.

The installation easy and takes approximately 20 minutes.

We did the implementation ourselves and we have a team of seven engineers that do the implementation and maintenance. 

There is no license required for this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate CentOS a nine out of ten.

Most of the time, I use CentOS for deploying Tomcat to run web applications. I use it to run Docker, as well.

The most valuable feature is that it is compatible with RedHat. 

In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat. I would prefer that it remains compatible because when it changes, we will no longer be using it.

What is missing from this product is a real file system like CFS. Having a modern file system is important and in CentOS 7, btrfs was supported. However, in version 8 it has been removed. I don't understand why and I think that it was a very bad move and a very customer-unfriendly thing to do.

I have been working with CentOS for a few years.

CentOS is quite stable.

In the company, we have approximately 800 people who are using it. Beyond that, a lot of our customers are using it, as well.

I have never been in contact with technical support. We manage it ourselves.

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

The installation is mostly straightforward. We have automated it.

There are no licensing costs for CentOS.

At this point, because of the announcement that it will no longer be compatible with Red Hat in the future, I do not recommend this product.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

• Command Line

• Cost

• Ease of maintenance

With Linux, you can do a lot on the command line. Once a Linux server has been built, it tends to be stable with no performance leakage.

• Scalability

• Security

• Performance

I would like it to be more intuitive. There could be better help facilities. However, I guess the GUI can be fairly intuitive.

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

I would rate the level of technical as OK.

We uses Windows before.

The setup was complex initially. However, once we overcame the steep learning curve, it was a lot easier.

This solution is much more cost effective than Windows and the Open Source options.

We evaluated Sun and Ubantu.

You need to have a command line skill set.

We use it for the DNS server, and we have some in-house apps that we are running on it for internal processes.

Its performance is most valuable. There is a performance boost as compared to when the applications are run on Windows OS.

It could be more secure.

I have been using this solution for a few months.

It is stable. In the previous upgrade, there were a lot of bug fixes.

We have cluster nodes, so we can extend and have more servers in the cluster. When we have more incoming requests and more processes for extending functions of the software, we need to scale the server. We work with the vendor for maintaining the software and the server.

We have more than 300 users, and half of them are using the software.

Their support is good.

It took two to three days. We did it over the weekend, and we had two technical people.

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate it an eight out of 10.

This solution is a very robust operating system, particularly when compared to Windows. It's informative and easy to work with and there's no extra cost involved in installation which reduces our overheads. The monitoring is good. 

I think the GUI could be merged and expansion simplified; both those things would be an improvement. Upgrading servers could be simplified because increasing the hard disk is quite complex.

I've been using this solution for close to 12 years. 

This is a solid solution. 

The solution is scalable and flexible. Even after installing CentOS, it can be expanded.  

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

I recommend CentOS 8 if you're okay with the command line then there's no better option and it's open source. 

I rate this product a seven out of 10.