On 7/24/19 9:38 PM, DHilsbos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > All; > > There's been a lot of discussion of various kernel versions on this list lately, so I thought I'd seek some clarification. > > I prefer to run CentOS, and I prefer to keep the number of "extra" repositories to a minimum. Ceph requires adding a Ceph repo, and the EPEL repo. Updating the kernel requires (from the research I've done) adding EL-Repo. I believe CentOS 7 uses the 3.10 kernel. > Are you planning on using CephFS? Because only on the clients using CephFS through the kernel you might require a new kernel. The nodes in the Ceph cluster can run with the stock CentOS kernel. Wido > Under what circumstances would you recommend adding EL-Repo to CentOS 7.6, and installing kernel-ml? Are there certain parts of Ceph which particularly benefit from kernels newer that 3.10? > > Thank you, > > Dominic L. Hilsbos, MBA > Director - Information Technology > Perform Air International Inc. > DHilsbos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.PerformAir.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com