Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 04:19:09PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 September 2007 16:15:42 Lars Ellenberg wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 03:50:59PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote: > > > Ok, I have several DRBD cluster pairs, all using Dell PowerEdge 1950 > > > servers (twin dual-core Xeons with 2GB ram, 2x 250GB SATA disks on PERC 5 > > > RAID-1) > > > > > > I'm running DRBD version 8.0.0 pre 4, as shipped with Mandriva 2007.1, > > > using heartbeat to manage failover. > > > > also see what H.D. was saying. > > > > but. > > > > please, PLEASE do not use "pre" == pre-release versions, > > if there are releases available. > > > > go for drbd 8.0.6, thanks. > > don't care who shipped what when, > > pre-releases do not belong in production. > > I hear you sorry for shouting :) > - do I need to upgrade the kernel on my servers as well as the > drbd-utils packages? the latest mandriva kernel should be fine. that is a 2.6.17.whatever plus a few mandriva patches, I assume? to upgrade drbd, you just need to upgrade the module, and usually the userland tools as well. but maybe you just give your favorite distro a chance, seems they are about to do that for you: http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=33105 -- : Lars Ellenberg http://www.linbit.com : : DRBD/HA support and consulting sales at linbit.com : : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Tel +43-1-8178292-0 : : Vivenotgasse 48, A-1120 Vienna/Europe Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : __ please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client.