CentOS has been a popular Linux distribution in the industry for its stability and reliability. However, CentOS 6.x reached end of life in November 2020, and CentOS 7.x is fast approaching end of life in June 2024. Many organizations must migrate to other options that provide long-term support and updated security features. This blog will discuss why you should consider migrating from CentOS 6.x and 7.x to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, or AlmaLinux using RiverMeadow InfraMod.
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  1. CentOS 6.x reached its end of life in November 2020, meaning there will be no more security updates, bug fixes, or feature enhancements. CentOS 7.x will reach end of life in June 2024, making it essential to consider migrating to a supported distribution to ensure a secure and up-to-date infrastructure.
  2. Long-term support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux provide long-term support options that ensure security updates and bug fixes for many years. This allows organizations to plan and budget for upgrades, ensuring a stable and secure infrastructure.
  3. Security and compliance: Migrating to a supported distribution provides access to updated security features and patches. This helps to ensure that your infrastructure remains secure and compliant with industry regulations and standards.
  4. Performance and standardization: Moving to a modern operating system provides access to updated software and hardware support. This can improve performance and standardization across your infrastructure, making it easier to manage and maintain.
  5. Cost savings: Migrating to a supported distribution can save organizations significant amounts of money in operating costs. By leveraging RiverMeadow InfraMod to modernize their application infrastructure, customers can significantly decrease technical debt while improving security, performance, standardization, and cost. This often results in savings of $10's of millions of dollars annually.
  6. RiverMeadow InfraMod: RiverMeadow InfraMod is a Workload Mobility platform that enables organizations to migrate their workloads to any cloud quickly and efficiently. By leveraging RiverMeadow InfraMod, organizations can modernize their application infrastructure as they move workloads to any private or public cloud. This allows customers to significantly decrease technical debt while improving security, compliance, performance, standardization, and cost.
  7. Simplified migration: RiverMeadow InfraMod provides a simple and streamlined migration process. It automates the migration process, reducing the risk of errors and minimizing downtime. This makes it easy for organizations to migrate from CentOS 6.x, 7.x to Red hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Rocky, or Alma without disrupting operations.
In conclusion, migrating from CentOS 6.x and eventually CentOS 7.x to a supported distribution such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, or AlmaLinux using RiverMeadow InfraMod is essential to ensure the security, compliance, and performance of your infrastructure. By leveraging RiverMeadow InfraMod, organizations can modernize their application infrastructure while significantly decreasing technical debt and operating costs. With a simplified migration process, organizations can migrate quickly and efficiently, ensuring minimal downtime and disruptions to their operations.
 
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