OCFS and Fedora both work well with OCFS just be aware OCFS/RHEL are on seriously outdated kernel 2.6.18 vs 2.6.30 so OCFS's module is an added kmod .
-----Original Message----- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Sérgio Surkamp Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:55 PM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] Best Linux distribution for OCFS2? Watch out for SLES11 as it needs extra package license to use OCFS2. http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/suse-linux-enterprise -server-sles/sles-configure-administer/366627-sles-11-ocfs2.html What about CentOS with stock Oracle OCFS2 packages? Regards, Sérgio Em Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:34:52 -0700 "Patrick J. LoPresti" <lopre...@gmail.com> escreveu: > OK, I realize this is a loaded question, but I really am interested in > some feedback. > > I am preparing to create a new OCFS2 cluster -- several of them, > actually -- and I have the luxury of choosing my Linux distribution. > I am agnostic on this, save for a slight bias against Fedora Core > (and, by implication, Red Hat) due to some bad experiences a few years > ago. > > My current short list of options reads: > > Ubuntu Lucid Lynx > Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 > OpenSuse 11.2 or 11.3 > > Although I have my choice of distributions now, and I have a couple of > months to prototype, once the choice is made I will be stuck > supporting the configuration for years; hardware and O/S changes will > be costly. So I want to get this right. > > I have been reading this mailing list for a while, and it sounds like > OCFS2 has had some fairly serious bugs fixed just in the last few > weeks and months (e.g., ENOSPC when there is plenty of space). Which > distribution, if any, has incorporated these fixes? Which would be > most likely to provide such fixes in the future? I am also curious to > hear success stories, failure stories, advocacy, warnings... Feel > free to reply to me personally if you do not want to spam the list, > and I will post a summary. > > Possibly relevant other technologies I intend to use: > > iSCSI over 10GigE > Linux md software RAID-0 (my iSCSI hardware RAID units already > provide redundancy) > > My configuration will be storing 100+ terabytes on a single partition. > (Sounds crazy, perhaps? My application is a little... special.) > > Thanks! > > - Pat > > _______________________________________________ > Ocfs2-users mailing list > Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users -- .:''''':. .:' ` Sérgio Surkamp | Gerente de Rede :: ........ ser...@gruposinternet.com.br `:. .:' `:, ,.:' *Grupos Internet S.A.* `: :' R. Lauro Linhares, 2123 Torre B - Sala 201 : : Trindade - Florianópolis - SC :.' :: +55 48 3234-4109 : ' http://www.gruposinternet.com.br _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users