Re: Kernel, Distro & Ceph

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On 7/24/19 10:05 PM, Wido den Hollander wrote:
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> 
> 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.
> 

We are running CentOS stock kernels on all our HPC nodes which mount
cephfs via kernel client (pg-upmap, and quota enabled). Not problem, or
missing features noticed so far.

Dietmar

> 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
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