On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Brian J. Murrell<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 20:41 +0200, Nick Jennings wrote: >> Hi everyone, > > Hi, > >> I was wondering if there was any documentation specific to upgrading >> lustre 1.6.x branch to 1.8.x branch. > > rpm -Uvh ... > >> All the docs I could find were in >> regard to 1.4.x -> 1.6.x > > Right. Because for 1.4->1.6 there were steps beyond simply installing > packages to upgrade. > >> Also, after the upgrade I likely won't be able to perform any more >> upgrades for about a year. > > As in you cannot even upgrade to bug fix releases? > >> With this in mind what would be the safer >> bet? (stability more important that performance): >> - stick with 1.6.x branch (upgrade to 1.6.7.2) > > Given that 1.8 has been out a few months now and IIRC we committed to > supporting 1.6 for a year after 1.8 was released, that could put you > beyond EOL for 1.6. > > But if you really do mean you don't intend to even do bugfix upgrades, > maybe that's moot anyway. > >> - upgrade to 1.8.0.1 >> - upgrade to 1.8.1 > > Well, 1.6.7.2 has had a longer "soak time" and still not had any bugs > come up that are critical enough for us to consider another 1.6 release. > Maybe that speaks for itself. I guess the call is ultimately yours to > make.
Thanks for not saying "Upgrade to 1.8.X or death". I agree 1.6.7.2 is probably the most stable out thre. > > b. > > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
