Michael wrote: Am Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2013, 11:13:42 schrieb Lentes, Bernd: > Lars wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Bernd, > > > > > > > > > in the german IT newspaper "Linux-Magazin" 2/13 was an > > > > article, which says that the future of DLM (Distributed Lock > > Manager) is unclear. > > > > > I'd like to create a HA cluster with two nodes, accessing > > > > concurrently one FC SAN with OCFS2. I need DLM. > > > > > I wonder that the future is unclear because, afaik, DLM is > > > > integrated in the kernel. If it is not properly maintained, > > of course i would not like to use it. > > > > > > > > The article is a bit ... exaggerating. The in-kernel DLM of course > > continues to be mainainted, and OCFS2 (in user-space mode) > > will continue > > to consume it too. (Just like GFS2.) > > > > > > > > It also accusses SLE HA of sticking to an old DLM version, which isn't > > true either - it's true we backport changes selectively (and > > can't break > > the wire protocol, which affects the controld user-space code > > we can use > > there), but that's the whole point of a "stable" enterprise > > distribution. > > > > > > > > It's a bit alarmist. But the author should be participating on this > > list, that should be a fruitful discussion ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Lars > > > > > > Hi Lars, > > thanks for claryfying that. So i can use DLM without any concern ? > > > Bernd
yes. Hi, no matter which of the two i choose ? Bernd -- Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir´in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Günther Wess und Dr. Nikolaus Blum Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671 _______________________________________________ Pacemaker mailing list: Pacemaker@oss.clusterlabs.org http://oss.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/pacemaker Project Home: http://www.clusterlabs.org Getting started: http://www.clusterlabs.org/doc/Cluster_from_Scratch.pdf Bugs: http://bugs.clusterlabs.org
