On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 09:33:37PM -0300, Net Warrior wrote: > El 05/24/2012 08:32 PM, Lars Ellenberg escribió: > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 01:56:37PM -0300, Net Warrior wrote: > >> Hi there list. > >> > >> I'm about to implement some work with DRBD but there is no posibillity to > >> upgrade the kernel to a newer one, the installations will be performed over > >> RHEL6 with kernel 2.6.33, so , following the table on DRBD weeb page, I try > > RHEL6 kernel is 2.6.32 (plus RH patches), not 33. > > > > You can build any DRBD version against that kernel, and use that. > > Of course we would provide you with suitable module packages, > > if you prefer that. > > > >> to use the kernel that matches the DRBD version. > >> > >> My questions is, is 8.3.7 stable enought, based on your experience, any > >> advice about know bugs , issues? > > As for "enough", only you can decide what is good "enough" for you. > > No way to avoid to make that decision yourself. > > > > Known bugs: quite a few. See the changelog. > > > > > > So you are willing to build and use your own 2.6.33 on a RHEL6, > > but not considering using a more recent DRBD module? > > > > Why would you do that. > > > Thanks for your answer. > > Ok, my bad, kernel 2.6.32, that's right. > > As long as I know, the module kernel was introduced from 2.6.36 and
In fact, 2.6.33. That's why I suspected you wanted that version ;-) > above, so, lower kernels lack the drbd device modue support, so, I undertood > I could not install or build any DRBD version on those kernels. > > If you say that I can make any build on that kernel, ( 2.6.32 ), DRBD > 8.4 included, If you do your setup now, and then won't be able to change it, I'd recommend to stay with 8.3.13. > I'll really appreciate your guidance on that, if there are any > already built rpm packages, the better, just cuz you mention you can > provide suitable packages :D Linbit customers have the convenience of yum repos: http://packages.linbit.com/rhel6/ Others have to search the web (there are modules in centos and similar), or build themselves (not that complicated, make rpm usually does the trick). -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list Linux-HA@lists.linux-ha.org http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
