Using elrepo (http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php) by adding to your yum repositories is much simpler than compiling your own kernel - Once you add the repository: 1.) Install the kernel yum install <kernel> where <kernel> can be: kernel-lt (long-term support kernel - http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt ) kernel-mt (mainline stable kernel - http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml ) 2.) update your grub.conf to boot to the appropriate image (default=0, or whatever kernel in the list you want to boot from). 3.) Reboot. That's it! Piece of cake. We're using the elrepo kernel-lt in a fairly limited fashion, but have not had any issues with basic/normal rbd functionality. Very stable, performs well (although we're not stressing it heavily). Cheers! K -----Original Message----- From: ceph-users [mailto:ceph-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Lovett Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:12 PM To: ceph-users at lists.ceph.com Subject: Which OS for fresh install? I'm evaluating ceph for our new private and public cloud environment. I have a "working" ceph cluster running on centos 6.5, but have had a heck of a time figuring out how to get rbd support to connect to cloudstack. Today I found out that the default kernel is too old, and while I could compile a new one in the 3.x series, I would rather look at switching to a newer OS that supports that natively. I see that centos 7 is out now, and has the newer kernel I need. Since we are just now starting the project, would it be better to go with centos 7, or are there known issues that should push me to another distro entirely? _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users at lists.ceph.com http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
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