End-Of-Life Calculator

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If organization’s Linux distribution is about to reach end-of-life or already has, then the IT team has some work to do. Migrating to a new operating system or version is a challenge for an enterprise IT administrator, so another option is to keep using your End-Of-Life distribution. However, it comes at a price.

Fill in the information below to calculate the cost of running EOL servers.

Industry

Number of servers

Most common distribution on servers

Cost of maintenance hour

$25

Hours spent on maintenance per server per week

8 Hours

Data taken from our own CVE-Tracker, lists # of CVEs acknowledged by vendor in 2020. Growth factor of 5%/year estimated based on overall CVE # growth per year since 2017. Cost of data breach taken from the report "2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: Impact of Business Continuity Management.

Total Cost The total cost of running CentOS servers without support
$186.000

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Simply continuing with an unsupported operating system places your enterprise working environments at unacceptable risk. Don’t wait for unpatched vulnerabilities breaching your systems.

For a minimal monthly fee of $4.25 per server, you can buy extended support for one of several key Linux distributions – including CentOS, Oracle and Ubuntu.

Extended Lifecycle Support services deliver critical security updates that ensure your ‘end of life’ operating system is protected against security threats. You can get a discount on Extended Lifecycle Support services if you sign up for Live Patching Services.