[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.2.4-2 released

[Sunil Mushran]

Thanks.

It's probably related to the fact that we are not consuming as much lowmem.

Cline, Ernie wrote:
> Thanks a lot for this Sunil.  I run a cluster of OCFS2 servers for
> general storage, so my users can access the same data via Apache and
> Samba, and they immediately gave me comments like "I've never been able
> to access data this fast".  I'm not sure if 1.2.4 had any specific
> performances enhancements, but we're very happy with it here.  Also, I
> can report the low memory issue hasn't happened since.  Thanks again!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com
> [mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Sunil Mushran
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:29 PM
> To: ocfs2-announce at oss.oracle.com; ocfs2-users
> Subject: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.2.4-2 released
>
> All,
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of OCFS2 1.2.4-2.
>
> This release addresses the lowmem consumption issue that has plagued 
> many users.
> It also addresses few races in the dlm relating to the lockres
> migration.
>
> The complete list of changes post 1.2.3 is available here:
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/news/article_10.html
>
> Please note that we did have to update the network protocol in the 1.2.4
> release and thus cannot support rolling upgrade from 1.2.3 or earlier to
>
> 1.2.4.
> We are well aware that this causes problems for many users and we would
> not
> have made the change if we did not think it necessary. We apologize for
> the inconvenience.
>
> The packages for Oracle's EL4 will be available on the ULN site sometime
> early next week.
>
> Novell has already incorporated all the patches bundled in this release
> in
> their SLES10 SP1 code tree. Please contact Novell for the release
> schedule.
>
> Packages for Red Hat's RHEL4 are available in the OCFS2 download area 
> for all ten
> kernels (starting 2.6.9-22.EL) and six architectures. Follow the links 
> to download
> the appropriate package. (Refer to the FAQ if you are unclear as to 
> which package
> you need to install.)
>
> As always, we look forward to hearing from you on the 
> ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
> mailing list.
>
> The OCFS2 Team
>
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