On 11/14/2012 03:44 PM, Robinson, Eric wrote: >> I totally agree. I try to use HA setups in production >> environments but I only do 2 or so a year and meanwhile I >> have a complete zoo of versions, tools, shells etc. > > > I was trying fairly hard not to say something like that for fear of > alienating helpful members of the list, but I have to admit that when I saw > the above in writing, my reaction was relief. The phrase, "complete zoo of > versions, tools, shells etc." captures my feelings and it felt good to know I > was not alone. I only have 5 Linux-HA clusters in production, plus one > recently retired and one coming online as we speak. Probably it would help if > I did them more often. At a rate of 1 or 2 per year, things do change rapidly > enough that there's usually a new learning curve and I'm faced with the > choice to maintain different stacks and tools or try to retrofit the old > clusters to keep everything consistent, neither of which is easy with a small > staff. I don't mean to complain. If I wanted things to change less often I > could have gone into beet farming. But I have to agree with Lars that, > overall, the story could be improved, leading to broader acceptance. > > -- > Eric Robinson
You're certainly not alone. In fact, "things don't change" is a principle selling feature of server-class distros like Red Hat, Debian, SuSe (I suspect), etc. At least in the RH world, once something goes into a supported release, it doesn't change in any significant manner throughout it's life cycle. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
