For those that haven't heard. Mike ----- Forwarded message from "Michael K. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:47:26 -0500 > From: "Michael K. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Announcing a beta release of Red Hat Linux: Pensacola > X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 > Precedence: bulk > List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=help> > List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Subscribe: <https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=subscribe> > List-Id: Security and bugfix announcements for Red Hat software products ><redhat-watch-list.redhat.com> > List-Unsubscribe: <https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/redhat-watch-list/> > X-Sorted: Bulk > > > A beta release of a new server-oriented edition of Red Hat Linux, > Pensacola, is available for your computer-crashing pleasure. We > strongly recommend that this beta not be used for mission-critical > applications, and we request that all bugs be filed in Red Hat's > Bugzilla database at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ > Please use the "Red Hat Public Beta" product, and the "pensacola" > version. > > All victims^Wtesters should subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > by sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "subscribe", or by visiting > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pensacola-list/ > > > Pensacola introduces two new areas of functionality beyond > Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma): > o Advanced clustering technology > o Linux kernel tuned specifically for server workloads > > > Clustering: > > The clustering capabilities include the existing Piranha technology > from the Red Hat High Availability Server product, but now include > new shared storage failover clustering. The shared storage failover > capabilities include STONITH ("Shoot The Other Node In The Head" -- > one node physically removes power from the other node for data fencing), > NFS failover, CIFS (samba) failover, and hooks for custom applications > (e.g. database) > > Documentation for the clustering components is not complete, but you > can use the older Red Hat High Availability Server documentation at > http://ha.redhat.com/docs/high-availability/index.html > for setting up Piranha (be aware, FOS is no longer included in Piranha; > Piranha is used only for LVS clustering), and there is alpha-quality, > incomplete documentation available for the new cluster management tools > that will be updated nearly daily at > http://people.redhat.com/jrfuller/cms/ > > > Kernel: > > The kernel tuning includes some larger default values, but more > particularly it includes: > o IO scalability improvements > o Large memory tuning > o Multi CPU improvements (scheduler) > o POSIX AIO for disk access (database helper) > o Network logging and network crashdumps > o Hyperthreading support (boot with acpismp=force) > > > Availability: > > You can get your copy of Pensacola at > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/pensacola/ > or at mirrors, listed at > http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html > So far, the list of mirrors known to have synchronized includes: > ftp://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/pensacola/ > ftp://ftp.shuttleamerica/com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/pensacola/ > Many more should be available in a matter of hours. > > Enjoy testing, and remember: file those bug reports! Once again, that's > "Red Hat Public Beta" product, "pensacola" version. > > Thanks! > > michaelkjohnson > > "He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book." > Linux Application Development -- Ben Franklin > http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/lad/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-watch-list mailing list > To unsubscribe, visit: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list ----- End forwarded message ----- -- "Let the power of Ponch compel you! Let the power of Ponch compel you!" -- Zorak on Space Ghost GNUPG Key fingerprint = ACD2 2F2F C151 FB35 B3AF C821 89C4 DF9A 5DDD 95D1 GNUPG Key = http://www.enoch.org/mike/mike.pubkey.asc _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
