How well does CentOS and other RHEL clones stack up toe the real thing. Do people use them as production enviornment replacements? I have often wondered.
They are exactly the same software. Built from exactly the same SRPMs. So basically, same stuff as Red Hat. The only thing that is missing is Red Hat logo. People that do not need Red Hat support, but want longer release lifetime (measured in years, instead of months) do use them extensivly in production. Updates are done very quickly after Red Hat updates (within a day or two usually). If you feel update is so critical that you can't wait a day or two, you can donwload SRPM from Red Hat web site and rebuild the package yourself.
If you have commercial software that requires to be installed on RHEL for support, just skip the fact that you are running on an clone when speaking with support personel ;-)
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
