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Remember, I am running the RHEL 2.6.9 kernel, not the vanilla one from
kernel.org. There are numerous patches and backports which have made it
into the RHEL kernel. I probably wouldn't try running kernel.org 2.6.9
for anything special. That said, I've not run 2.4 in production for
three years.<br>
<br>
CentOS is a good stable (free) server platform, and there are DRBD
packages for it. 2.6 is a solid kernel platform, however for production
vendor kernels are probably a better option - There is a lot less
variation between two RHEL4 kernels versus 2.6.24 and 2.6.25. <br>
<br>
I don't want to start a distro war by any means. I'm just sharing what
works for me :)<br>
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Stefan Löfgren wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Lovely! That's what I want to hear: "Rock solid"... :D
I've got slackware 12.1. (compared to 12.0 SW states that this was a "must
have" upgrade, and I trusted that).
Anyway, I agree. I don't like using 2.6.24, I'd rather be using 2.4.x even.
I'll check if I can downgrade the kernel a bit. Maybe downgrade everything a
bit. I've never seen so many problems with a Linux system before. But then
again, this is the first time using 2.6.x in production... ;)
Basicly this problem with new versions is all 'cos of the "new" hardware not
supported in older version. If it's at all possible I will follow your
recomendation and downgrade to 2.6.9...
Thanks!
/Stefan
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From: David Coulson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:david@davidcoulson.net"><david@davidcoulson.net></a>
To: Stefan Löfgren <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stlo@dontdownload.com"><stlo@dontdownload.com></a>
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Sent: Mon, 26 May 2008 09:19:47 -0400
Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] Downgrading?
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<pre wrap="">Stefan Löfgren wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Any suggestions on what I should do? Downgrade to DRBD 8.0.12? Will this make
it better? Known issues? Known issues together with VMWare? Will rc2 make a
difference? Anyone else been running 2.6.24.x and DRBD 8.2.x with success
(DELL PowerEdge R200)? Maybe even kernel problems?
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<pre wrap="">What distribution are you running? Many maintain a stable kernel
branch which has all the hardware support you need, along with
current security patches and bug fixes. I'd never consider running
2.6.25 on a production box. I typically run RHEL4's 2.6.9 kernel on
systems in my environment, and DRBD is rock solid (8.2.something).
David
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