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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Andreas,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>my two cents to your questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>a) If you want to learn most, take any distro and compile the components from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>source and afterwards use them. => Most learned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>b) I don't know how others think about it: But I use a cluster to try to increase uptime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I know that a disto's component is buggy causing failures while doing the first steps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>with a more or less standard config (corosync/pacemaker/drbd + some service) I have<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>two choices when I have to stick to a distro's repos:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1) Take the next step distro…6.4 in your case. But it can have bugs too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2) Ask why it is important to stick to the ditro's repos with a certain software stack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In your case I don't know why it is "allowed" to build drbd from source and it's not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"allowed" to build the cluster stack from source. Especially while getting the feet wet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>with corosync/pacemaker and all the stuff is much more effort compared to the effort<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>understanding, configuring and maintaining a cluster.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My policy is also to keep as close as possible to the distro's repos. But when<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I need a newer or more stable version of a software, I have to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andreas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> andreas graeper [mailto:agraeper@googlemail.com] <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 21. Juni 2013 15:00<br><b>An:</b> The Pacemaker cluster resource manager<br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Pacemaker] known problem with corosync 1.4.1 on centos64 ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>hi,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> old version : <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>i shall maintain a centos63 with, except drbd (build from source), only standard-repos are used.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>for testing i installed newest centos64, but .. .<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>there is no chance to get rid of that centos63, but for learning/testing what are the best distros ? not in general, but for use with drbd+corosync+pacemaker. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2013/6/21 Lars Marowsky-Bree <<a href="mailto:lmb@suse.com" target="_blank">lmb@suse.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 2013-06-21T10:56:29, andreas graeper <<a href="mailto:agraeper@googlemail.com">agraeper@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> hi,<br>> when only i remove or add resources, corosync starts to eat up all cpu.<br>> drbd 8.4.1 (build from source)<br>> corosync 1.4.1<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>yes, corosync 1.4.1 had one such error, I recall. If you're building<br>from source, why are you sticking to such an old version?<br><br><br>Regards,<br> Lars<br><br>--<br>Architect Storage/HA<br>SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)<br>"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pacemaker mailing list: <a href="mailto:Pacemaker@oss.clusterlabs.org">Pacemaker@oss.clusterlabs.org</a><br><a href="http://oss.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/pacemaker" target="_blank">http://oss.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/pacemaker</a><br><br>Project Home: <a href="http://www.clusterlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.clusterlabs.org</a><br>Getting started: <a href="http://www.clusterlabs.org/doc/Cluster_from_Scratch.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.clusterlabs.org/doc/Cluster_from_Scratch.pdf</a><br>Bugs: <a href="http://bugs.clusterlabs.org" target="_blank">http://bugs.clusterlabs.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>