RHEL has 10 year standard life/support cycles. RHEL5 was released in 2007, RHEL6 in 2010 and RHEL7 in 2014.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > That doesn't happen as soon as you might think. I still get regular > updates on CentOS 5.11; so THAT horse ain't dead yet, even though it's > supposedly been EOS for a while now. > > For all practical purposes, 6.x will probably continue getting updates for > at least 5 years. That's probably longer than the life of the server. > > In another year or so, I would be comfortable with 7, and it will have > more widespread support, and fewer bugs. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 11/10/2015 1:07 PM, Justin Wilson - MTIN wrote: > > I would do 7 just because of the support nature of it. There will become > a time, sooner than 7, that 6 will no longer receive updates. Bite the > bullet and do it now. CentOS7 has a little bit of a learning curve. Gone > are the init scripts replaced by sys control. This is the biggest change > folks have to get used to. > > > Justin Wilson > [email protected] > > --- > http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO > xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth > > http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman > Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > > On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Josh Luthman < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > New server? 7 no question. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Nov 10, 2015 1:34 AM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 7, for the 3.x series kernel if nothing else. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Ken Hohhof < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There seems to be a fair bit of dissatisfaction with RHEL7/CentOS 7. >>> I'm building a couple new servers, if my others are running CentOS 6 and do >>> what I need, should I resist the temptation to jump to 7? I think CentOS 6 >>> EOS dates are 2017 for full updates and 2020 for maintenance updates? >>> >>> I know some people will say switch to Ubuntu or Debian or whatever, >>> let's assume I am staying with CentOS, I'm just asking 6 or 7? >>> >>> >> > >
