Hi,

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 01:40:34PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 12/10/2010 12:53 PM, Andrew Beekhof wrote:
> >
> >>>>> No-one is suggesting all clusters should run on Fedora. I was clearly
> >>>>> trying to say that instructions for A are unlikely to work unmodified
> >>>>> for B.
> >>>>
> >>>> So perhaps the appropriate question would be where to find the
> >>>> instructions for B - or a platform suitable for general use.  Which is
> >>>> what I thought came up on this thread long ago but with some sort of
> >>>> disagreement about its existence.
> >>>
> >>> B, where B equals "step by step instructions for my exact cluster and
> >>> distro and version", is unlikely to exist in this or any other
> >>> parallel universe.
> >>
> >> What if B equals "a recommended and/or widely used distribution suitable
> >> for building highly available services"?
> >
> > As much as I respect your right to use a Debian based distro, you need
> > to respect other's right to run away screaming.
> > So no, sorry, I'm still not doing your homework.
> > Debian based distros
> 
> I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything at all about Debian there.  What I 
> wanted was advice on the best platform that had a packaged, re-usable 
> setup available that was likely to be maintained in updates for a long 
> time.

I think that SLE11SP1 HAE fits this description. You can also get
commercial support from Linbit. Probably others too.

> And if waiting for CentOS 6.x and some EPEL packages is the only 
> way, I'll wait.  I've learned the hard way that I'm not good at 
> maintaining local hacks.

Nobody really is. Running clusters requires more discipline than
other forms of computing, so better not to deploy "local hacks."

Thanks,

Dejan

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