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 > -- > Les Mikesell > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Linux-HA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
