[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.6 for RHEL?

Fri May 13 13:06:06 PDT 2011

I think the UEK will work on Centos as well.

Thanks,
Herbert.

On May 13, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Kristian Jörg <krjg at devo.se> wrote:

> We are using CentOS (based on RHEL5). So this basically means we are 
> stuck with ocfs2 1.4 forever when it comes to official releases?
> But I guess when you release the source code for 1.6 I could try and 
> compile it myself for CentOS? 1.6 is still GPL right?
> 
> We have been testing ocfs2 since we have been having huge problems with 
> GFS with the kind of filesystems we have (lots and lots of small files 
> and mostly read access). Ocfs2 seems to solve all these performance 
> problems and we had high hopes for it. However the news that 1.6 and 
> forward will not be available for RHEL/CentOS is bad news. I do hope you 
> will reconsider. A big user base is the best way to make successful 
> products IMHO.
> 
> /Kristian
> 
> 
> Sunil Mushran skrev 2011-05-13 18:46:
>> Support is a whole different ballgame. I am only talking
>> about availability. And I interpreted that qs to be asking
>> whether ocfs2 1.6 be available for the standard rhel kernels.
>> And the answer is no. It will be available only for uek.
>> 
>> On 05/13/2011 08:34 AM, Fahrenfort, Keith (HP Shared Solutions 
>> Architect for Oracle) wrote:
>>> Hi Sunil, can you clarify - I understood that OCFS2 1.6 on RHEL would 
>>> be supported, as long as you use RHEL with UEK and an Oracle Support 
>>> agreement - per MOS note 1253272.1?
>>> 
>>> Thanks! Regards!
>>> 
>>> Keith Fahrenfort
>>> Solutions Architect - HP-Oracle Competency Center
>>> Americas Shared Solutions Architecture (SSA)
>>> Hewlett-Packard Company
>>> 281 475 8632 / Tel
>>> keithf at hp.com / Email
>>> Reach the team at ssa at hp.com
>>> 
>>> -----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, May 13, 2011 10:06 AM
>>> To: Kristian Jörg
>>> Cc: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.6 for RHEL?
>>> 
>>> On 05/13/2011 03:13 AM, Kristian Jörg wrote:
>>>> Hello!
>>>> 
>>>> When is it planned ocfs2 1.6 will be available for RHEL?
>>>> 
>>>> /Kristian
>>> No plans. Only OL/UEK.
>>> 
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