CENTOS DEDICATED SERVER
- Focused on innovation and applications compatible with a short life cycle
- Designed for cutting-edge Linux enthusiasts
- Provided in desktop, server, and specialized container hosting (Atomic Host) editions.
CENTOS DEDICATED SERVER
- Focused on innovation and applications compatible with a short life cycle
- Designed for cutting-edge Linux enthusiasts
- Provided in desktop, server, and specialized container hosting (Atomic Host) editions.
CENTOS SERVERS
CentOS is short for Community Enterprise Operating System. First released as a fork from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in 2004, is a Linux distribution that provides a free, enterprise-class, community-supported computing platform functionally compatible with Red Hat.
KEY FEATURES
CentOS is most commonly used as an operating system for web servers in enterprise environments where long term support and stability is needed. It is also frequently used as the distribution of choice for web hosting companies.
KEY FEATURES
CentOS is most commonly used as an operating system for web servers in enterprise environments where long term support and stability is needed. It is also frequently used as the distribution of choice for web hosting companies.
CENTOS STRENGHTS & WEAKNESSES
CENTOS STRENGHTS & WEAKNESSES
Strengths
Stability and low maintenance
With a focus on long release cycles and only including tried and tested software, CentOS is probably the most stable Linux distribution available.
RPM package manager
By sharing the RPM package manager with Red Hat and Fedora Linux, installing software and managing dependencies on CentOS is straightforward and handled automatically.
Secure
SELinux is installed and active by default in CentOS 7. This provides fine grained control to security features found in the kernel, file and networking resources.
CPanel compatible
CentOS fully supports CPanel, probably the most popular web hosting control panels for shared web hosts.
Weaknesses
Outdated software
Due to the CentOS focus being on stability, often newer versions of software are not available through official repos. For example CentOS 6 only officially supports PHP 5.3, which is no longer maintained. In these circumstances, additional repositories such as EPEL and Remi need to be added.
No commercial support or certification
CentOS does not have official commercial support available – enterprises which require this are better suited to using RHEL.
No commercial support or certification
CentOS does not have official commercial support available – enterprises which require this are better suited to using RHEL.
No support for proprietary media formats
CentOS only provides free and open-source software. Installing support for popular media formats or closed- source hardware drivers often require using the unsupported 3rd party rpmforge repository.
Long periods between releases
CentOS users often have a long wait to receive official support for features introduced much earlier in RHEL releases.
Strengths
Stability and low maintenance
With a focus on long release cycles and only including tried and tested software, CentOS is probably the most stable Linux distribution available.
RPM package manager
By sharing the RPM package manager with Red Hat and Fedora Linux, installing software and managing dependencies on CentOS is straightforward and handled automatically.
Secure
SELinux is installed and active by default in CentOS 7. This provides fine grained control to security features found in the kernel, file and networking resources.
CPanel compatible
CentOS fully supports CPanel, probably the most popular web hosting control panels for shared web hosts.
Weaknesses
Outdated software
Due to the CentOS focus being on stability, often newer versions of software are not available through official repos. For example CentOS 6 only officially supports PHP 5.3, which is no longer maintained. In these circumstances, additional repositories such as EPEL and Remi need to be added.
No commercial support or certification
CentOS does not have official commercial support available – enterprises which require this are better suited to using RHEL.
No commercial support or certification
CentOS does not have official commercial support available – enterprises which require this are better suited to using RHEL.
No support for proprietary media formats
CentOS only provides free and open-source software. Installing support for popular media formats or closed- source hardware drivers often require using the unsupported 3rd party rpmforge repository.
Long periods between releases
CentOS users often have a long wait to receive official support for features introduced much earlier in RHEL releases.
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Our hosting experts are available 24×7 to help you build the perfect CentOS dedicated server for your needs and budget.
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DEDICATED SERVER?
Our hosting experts are available 24×7 to help you build the perfect CentOS dedicated server for your needs and budget.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CentOS is the preferred operating system within the hosting industry due to extensive cPanel support for the OS.
CentOS version numbers for releases older than 7.0 have two parts, a major version and a minor version, which correspond to the major version and update set of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) used to build a particular CentOS release.
Starting with version 7.0, CentOS version numbers also include a third part that indicates the monthstamp of the source code the release is based on.
CentOS is designed for a slow release cycle and for enterprise workloads. As such, CentOS is more stable and secure because of that – it always uses stable (but older) versions of software.
CentOS is provided in Minimal, Everything, LiveGnome, LiveKDE and NetInstall images.
General use desktop users may find CentOS challenging and are probably best suited to a Linux distribution which officially supports popular multimedia formats such as Ubuntu.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CentOS is the preferred operating system within the hosting industry due to extensive cPanel support for the OS.
CentOS version numbers for releases older than 7.0 have two parts, a major version and a minor version, which correspond to the major version and update set of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) used to build a particular CentOS release.
Starting with version 7.0, CentOS version numbers also include a third part that indicates the monthstamp of the source code the release is based on.
CentOS is designed for a slow release cycle and for enterprise workloads. As such, CentOS is more stable and secure because of that – it always uses stable (but older) versions of software.
CentOS is provided in Minimal, Everything, LiveGnome, LiveKDE and NetInstall images.
General use desktop users may find CentOS challenging and are probably best suited to a Linux distribution which officially supports popular multimedia formats such as Ubuntu.
