[nycbug-talk] OT: what version of RHEL/CentOS are you using in prod?

Jesse Callaway bonsaime at gmail.com
Tue Nov 22 20:11:23 EST 2011


big difference between 6 and previous versions is the emergence of using
Upstart for daemons
On Nov 22, 2011 7:24 PM, "Isaac Levy" <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:

> On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:07 PM, "Matt Juszczak" <matt at atopia.net> wrote:
>
> > I know we all work with FreeBSD on a daily basis but usually have a
> client or two (or more) using CentOS/Rackspace.
> >
> > Specifically, I have a client who was using FreeBSD in their current
> environment but I'm currently migrating their project to Rackspace Cloud.
> >
> > I was developing the puppet setup on CentOS 5.6 but low and behold,
> CentOS 6.0 became available today as an available OS.
> >
> > Looks like 5.x is end of life for updates but will still get maintenance
> fixes.
> >
> > If you were starting a new, cloud-based project today, would you use 6?
> >
> > Matt
>
> I'm pretty conservative, yet I'd go 6 in this VM case- especially with
> your puppet use- (but I'd read the entire release changes doc with the
> particular client use/reqs in mind before proceeding!) CentOS 'REL'
> equivalent has been consistent for me in the past.
> Perhaps on hardware I'd be more skiddish...
>
> My .02cents, tell us how it goes?!
>
> Rocket-
> .ike
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