The Situation

Organizations require IT departments to drive efficiencies and deliver top performance to the business, and IT teams are expected to do it economically. That’s why free, unsupported open source software options are tempting, because they greatly reduce the expense of licensing and subscriptions.

CentOS Linux is freely available and meets the economic needs for the business. CentOS is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux derived community-supported Linux distribution that was developed, distributed, and maintained by the CentOS Project community. Support for CentOS 8 was discontinued on December 31, 2021 and CentOS Linux 7 on June 30, 2024.

It’s crucial to have an OS that is reliable, secure and stable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux® provides high value and lower overall costs over time by providing a defined patch maintenance schedule, roadmaps, full and extended life support, and a large ecosystem of certified partners. RHEL delivers consistency across the open hybrid cloud—including physical, virtual, private clouds, public clouds, and edge deployments and requires little re-training of staff.

 
 

Stone Door Group offers the CentOS to RHEL Accelerator for businesses looking to make the transition.

The Stone Door Group CentOS to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (“RHEL”) Accelerator delivers all of the software subscriptions and professional services needed to migrate from CentOS to RHEL. Coupled with limited time pricing for up to a free year of Red Hat subscriptions, our Accelerator offers packages to accommodate migrations of any size.

CentOS to RHEL Accelerator Business Outcomes

Migration from CentOS Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux via a Stone Door Group Accelerator provides benefits from a certified reference architecture, long-term life cycle support, a large partner ecosystem, and built-in security features. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) over time compared to an unpaid, unsupported OS. Because CentOS Linux was derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources, users migrating to RHEL can continue to use many of the same techniques and elements with minimal training, while gaining more features, tools, support, and value.

 

Transparent Pricing

Stone Door Group offers Cost +5% Transparent Pricing for ANY Red Hat subscription. Whether you qualify or not for CentOS to RHEL migration incentives, we are committed to providing the best pricing to our customers

CentOS to RHEL Accelerator Services DataSheet

Implementation Services Overview & Pricing

Stone Door Group Offers packaged CentOS to RHEL services offerings for enterprises of any sizes

Implementation Services

  • Inventory, document and review existing CentOS architecture and deployments

  • Design and implement a feature parity RHEL architecture

  • Build  RHEL golden images on parity with CentOS installations

  • Install and configure Red Hat Satellite 6 for provisioning and patch management

  • Configure predictive analytics and self healing infrastructure 

  • Test deployment lifecycle: provisioning and patching of post-installation configurations

  • Deliver Customer Engagement Report of architecture and installation activities

  • Provide enablement for your IT teams to perform all required administrative tasks

Ongoing Services 

Enrollment in SDG’s Renewal+ program which includes:

  • Analyze all Red Hat subscriptions and enroll in Cost +5% Transparent Pricing.

  • Continuing education through Dedicated Private Workshop (“DPW”)  technical hands-on workshops with your IT team on any Red Hat technology.

  • Ongoing strategic engagement through Elite Account Service (“EAS”) your dedicated account team will meet regularly to discuss Red Hat roadmap, assist with strategic initiatives, perform IT health checks, and conduct ROI analysis.

Software & Services Pricing Examples

 
CentOS to RHEL Migration Packages
 
 

Converting CentOS to RHEL w/Ansible - Demo

 
 
 
 

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WHITE PAPER

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Stability drives enterprise IT to migrate from CentOS

Description: In this whitepaper, Red Hat experts lay out an achievable enterprise migration strategy from CentOS.

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CONSULT THE CentOS to RHEL  EXPERTS

Schedule an Ask The Expert℠ session with highly knowledgeable experts to learn more about how the CentOS to RHEL  Accelerator℠ can benefit your organization.

 
 

TELL ME MORE ABOUT STONE DOOR GROUP

We believe “doing” is much more convincing than “talking.” Below are links to some of our most popular blogs and tutorials:

3 Reasons to Move from CentOS to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

3 Key Hybrid Cloud Migration Considerations for State Agencies

3 Key Benefits of Running SAP HANA on RHEL 8

Webinar | Getting Started on Red Hat Infrastructure for Windows Administrators Workshop