On 11/19/2014 01:34 PM, Justin Clift wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:26:15 +0100
Andreas Hollaus <Andreas.Hollaus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I'm curious about the different 'families' of GlusterFS (3.4, 3.5 &
3.6). What's the differences between them and how do I know which one
will be most suitable for my application (depending on if I
prioritize robustness or lots of features)?
Hmm, this is might help from the robustness/features perspective: :)
* 3.4.x series has been around for ages now, so is pretty battle
tested. We still release patch versions for this for important
bugs which show up.
3.4 has some, imho, critical known bugs with fixes that have already
been applied to 3.5 and were not backported. For this lack of support I
no longer recommend 3.4.
* 3.5.x series has been around a while as well, and is also pretty
well tested by now. It has more features / and several internal
optimisations/improvements over the 3.4.x series. We release
patches for this series too for important bugs that show up.
This is the version I currently recommend.
* 3.6.x series just came out. It's our latest and greatest feature
set, but may be a bit "bleeding edge" until the next patch release
(3.6.2), which should be coming out soon.
I'm still waiting on significant reports of success before I'll
recommend 3.6. I also watch for bugs that can only be fixed in this
release, or lack of support for prior releases, or significant
improvements in usability before I upgrade my recommendations.
This makes me realise we really need a version/features table on the
website, with ticks and crosses to show which version of GlusterFS
added what. :D
+ Justin
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