How many of us are in the hosting business?
How many are in the kernel building business?
I've always recommended standard distributor's kernels with standard hardware.
CentOS won't have a problem with standard distributor's kernels on standard hardware.
If you've had to rebuild your own kernels, then yes, this may cause problems for you. I don't think many of us do that.
Please read the entire article and make sure you understand it, before disagreeing with me
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Especially the post that's written by one of the CentOS developers.
Jeff