ANSYS installation on CentOS vs RHEL

mrpotatohead · May 18, 2017, 08:34

Hi all, I tried looking at various resources on the ANSYS customer portal but couldn't find an answer.

I have been handed over the task of getting Ansys installed and working on our Linux HPC cluster and am trying to decide whether to keep RHEL on it or revert back to CentOS.

I was told that certain features of Ansys only work on RHEL and not CentOS. Does anyone have info about this as it may help us save some money if both OS offer the same features for Ansys.

Thanks.

amolganjare@gmail.com · December 10, 2020, 03:52

hello
Its a very old post and you might have gone RedHat but both OS are goof for Ansys.

by the way hows your experience with Red Hat? (If you used it?)

mrpotatohead · January 13, 2021, 09:20

I ended up using CentOS. When I was handed over the cluster with Redhat installed on it, it had a lot of configuration issues the last admin did to it. I opened tickets with our paid support and found their support to be terrible. After that experience I recommended we stop renewing.

amolganjare@gmail.com · January 13, 2021, 22:26

Same here. We use CentOS. RHEL configuration and support is terrible.

May 18, 2017, 08:34	ANSYS installation on CentOS vs RHEL	#1
mrpotatohead New Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi all, I tried looking at various resources on the ANSYS customer portal but couldn't find an answer. I have been handed over the task of getting Ansys installed and working on our Linux HPC cluster and am trying to decide whether to keep RHEL on it or revert back to CentOS. I was told that certain features of Ansys only work on RHEL and not CentOS. Does anyone have info about this as it may help us save some money if both OS offer the same features for Ansys. Thanks.

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December 10, 2020, 03:52		#2
amolganjare@gmail.com New Member AmolG Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 8	hello Its a very old post and you might have gone RedHat but both OS are goof for Ansys. by the way hows your experience with Red Hat? (If you used it?)

January 13, 2021, 09:20		#3
mrpotatohead New Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I ended up using CentOS. When I was handed over the cluster with Redhat installed on it, it had a lot of configuration issues the last admin did to it. I opened tickets with our paid support and found their support to be terrible. After that experience I recommended we stop renewing.

January 13, 2021, 22:26		#4
amolganjare@gmail.com New Member AmolG Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 8	Same here. We use CentOS. RHEL configuration and support is terrible.