Ben: > I can't say I've made any of those comparisons. Given a choice, I'm > sticking with openSUSE ... Totally understandable :o). > That might be simply because I'm a bit paranoid now what with the > recent FAIL. That would make anyone nervous. As someone who has lost quite a bit-o'-data within a span of a few years, I can understand that feeling. Failures always suck. > I'm trying to figure out if using kernel-desktop, rather than > kernel-server, might have anything to do with this. I'm guessing, but > RAID1 + RAID10 is not your usual "desktop" config, so though it might > be worth a check. So far, I haven't found enough detail on the > differences I just re-read your original post. I guess I read too fast before I noticed that it was OpenSuSE 11.2 rather than the SLES distribution. For that, again, I apologize. However, is this deployment for server purposes, desktop, or just learning your way around the Linux way-of-functioning? Please keep in mind that OpenSuSE is Novell's equivalent of Red Hat's Fedora -- a proving ground/sandbox with some form of additional public QA before it makes it into their mainline Enterprise kernel. I would shy away from anything that hasn't gone through a formal QA process before putting it into production use. Of course, I say that after a production CentOS install of 5.4 which is the equivalent of RHEL 5.4, of which Fedora 10 was derived. Point taken. You've gotta love open source! Have you checked Novell's OpenSUSE mailing list and community forums? The last time I checked, there were a few people that were quite knowledgeable. I might be able to give you some e-mail addressee's if you're at a dead-end. If so, send me a msg off of list and I'd be glad to help you. In regards, -- Jesse W. Wheeler Member-Owner Devotio Consulting, L.LC. -- On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Ben DJ <bendj095124367913213465@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jesse > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jesse Wheeler <jwwstpete@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've observed some similar behavior on RAID-5 w/ SuSE Enterprise >> Server 10.2 SP2 with our eDirectory boxes. While this is different >> from my current issue that I posted today, I will say that I have had >> -- on average -- better luck with with RHEL based distributions than >> SuSE variants. > > I can't say I've made any of those comparisons. Given a choice, I'm > sticking with openSUSE ... > > 11.2's RAID behavior 'feels' a bit more fragile than it was on 11.1. > That might be simply because I'm a bit paranoid now what with the > recent FAIL. > > I'm trying to figure out if using kernel-desktop, rather than > kernel-server, might have anything to do with this. I'm guessing, but > RAID1 + RAID10 is not your usual "desktop" config, so though it might > be worth a check. So far, I haven't found enough detail on the > differences. > > BenDJ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
