On 11/01/2011 02:27 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote:
David Miller wrote
You can go with the self support option. Seeing you are willing to go with CentOS as long as there are timely updates. That tells me you dont really care about getting "support" from the vendor. You can pick up workstation self support for $50 and server for $350 a year. That means you will get all the updates but just can't call or open tickets with Redhat. The limitations imposed by Redhat for "Support" they will provide are artificial. Although Redhat says it will only support 2 sockets and x amount of virtual guests you can still do it.
From what I saw on the redhat site they have also taken away that support/subscription model. They have standard support as minimum, for me it would be 4,000+ or more for my 2 little non-commercial servers...forget it.
They still very much offer self-support versions. In Canada, I believe the MSRP is ~$350/yr or $990/3yr. Don't quote me on the prices, obviously, but you can quote me on the availability of the self-support versions.