On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 16:40, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 09:36:26AM -0400, Brian Stevens wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 15:18, Jeff wrote: > > > Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 2:53:26 PM, Villalovos, John L wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 21:08, Villalovos, John L wrote: > > > > > > Are there any plans to try to get the cluster stack into RHEL 4? > > > > > > Looking at the current RHEL 4 Beta I did not see it in there. > > > > > > > > > > John - The GFS and HA components of the cluster stack are > > > > > layered on RHEL 3 today, and the new versions being developed > > > > > will be similarly layered on RHEL 4. So these are additive > > > > > subscriptions, similar to app server, devel environment, etc. > > > RHEL today actually comes in 4 flavors: desktop, workstation, > > small server, and large server. Each has a different service > > level agreement, costs different appropriately, etc. Things > > like clustering were layered so you could use on top of > > whatever RHEL version that meets your needs. > > Wouldn't it make sense to get GFS tested in RHEL4's beta programme, > too, independent of the later product packaging? Yes, but the schedules are tied hard together. GFS/CLVM readiness won't hold up RHEL 4 schedule. > At least the currently shipped RHEL4 kernel rpm needs patching to > allow for GFS' hooks (the cluster-wide-lock patches are required). > > It would be nice to see GFS in beta2 or perhaps in its own right under > a layered beta (even w/o configuration GUIs)? It will be a layered beta on RHEL 4, my assumption is beta 2. brian
