On Tuesday 04 May 2010, Ramiro Alba Queipo wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 18:58 +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote: > > > Now a couple of questions: > > > > > > 1) I've compiled RedHat5 2.6.18-164.11.1 kernel using config from file > > > config-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3 extracted from package > > > kernel-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm from Oracle > > > server that says: > > > Lustre-patched kernel for ext4(MDS/MGS/OSS Only) > > > > > > Is it the right one? > > > > I don't think there is a right or a wrong. For RHEL 5.4 kernels ldiskfs > > is either based on ext3 or ext4. The ext3 based version is better tested > > (with default options), the ext4 based version has more features (e.g. > > 16TiB OST size support). > > OK. But, can I use it both for servers and clients?
You don't need to patch your kernel for clients. Clients are not interested in ldiskfs. But of course, you can use a patched kernel on your clients as well. Just the other way around - a patchless client kernel does not work on servers yet. Cheers, Bernd _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
