Yes, that's an idea. Thanx. That will be important for all the debian clients, mostly lenny. I think waiting and testing a month is quite ok though. > To have glusterfs 3.0.3 on ubuntu 9.10 you can also just install the > debian package for gluster 3.0.3 with dpkg -i. > > http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/glusterfs > > But then 10.04 is only a month away, so depends how much of a rush > your in! > > > > On Wednesday 24 Mar 2010 16:45:40 Oliver Hoffmann wrote: > > Haha, there are loads of Linux distributions out there and even > > strange OSes like *BSD or windooze or what's it called? ;-) > > > > I tried out Gentoo a while ago but I droped it because all the > > compiling took way too long. The big plus here is the big minus on > > debian like systems. The current Ubuntu 9.10 for example has > > glusterfs 2.0.9, period. If you want to have 3.0.2 then you have to > > wait for Ubuntu 10.04 or you compile it. > > But now that we have (almost) 10.04 with 3.0.2 I'll take this way. > > Having such a system up and running on recent hardware is a matter > > of maybe 10 or 20 minutes. > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > On 22/03/2010 17:59, Oliver Hoffmann wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I just made some tests on two old machines using Ubuntu 10.4 > > > > (server i386) with fuse-2.7.4glfs11 and glusterfs-3.0.3. At a > > > > first glance it seems to be OK. > > > > The next step is deploying a system which could be used for > > > > production. What would you suggest? Ubuntu 10.4 (server 64bit) > > > > is my first choice because of LTS. Whatsoever, I think it is > > > > more the version of glusterfs which makes it stable or not, > > > > isn't it? In the end I'd like to have a distributed& > > > > replicated storage which provides data for a bunch of > > > > (virtualized) LAMPS. > > > > > > > > TIA for your recommendations! > > > > > > > > > > I'm intrigued. I had not realised that there were other options > > > than Gentoo for use on a server?! (Bang up to date, flexible > > > configuration and strong support of various virtualisation > > > solutions. Slight negative in update speeds, but can be > > > mitigated by using a binary package cache) > > > > > > Will try out those new fangled options you suggested above, but in > > > the meantime have a look at Gentoo (at least if you are fairly > > > confident with your linux skills). Big plug for linux-vservers > > > also, especially in combination with some custom server profiles > > > to define required software versions and options > > > > > > Good luck > > > > > > Ed W > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Gluster-users mailing list > > > Gluster-users at gluster.org > > > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gluster-users mailing list > > Gluster-users at gluster.org > > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > >
