We are running UEK (for OL5) on CentOS 5.5 for about four months without a single problem.
Just fallow the public repository - http://public-yum.oracle.com/ - instructions for Oracle Linux 5. Regards, Sérgio Em Fri, 13 May 2011 13:06:06 -0700 Herbert van den Bergh <herbert.van.den.be...@oracle.com> escreveu: > I think the UEK will work on Centos as well. > > Thanks, > Herbert. > > On May 13, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Kristian Jörg <k...@devo.se> wrote: > > > We are using CentOS (based on RHEL5). So this basically means we > > are stuck with ocfs2 1.4 forever when it comes to official releases? > > But I guess when you release the source code for 1.6 I could try > > and compile it myself for CentOS? 1.6 is still GPL right? > > > > We have been testing ocfs2 since we have been having huge problems > > with GFS with the kind of filesystems we have (lots and lots of > > small files and mostly read access). Ocfs2 seems to solve all these > > performance problems and we had high hopes for it. However the news > > that 1.6 and forward will not be available for RHEL/CentOS is bad > > news. I do hope you will reconsider. A big user base is the best > > way to make successful products IMHO. > > > > /Kristian > > > > > > Sunil Mushran skrev 2011-05-13 18:46: > >> Support is a whole different ballgame. I am only talking > >> about availability. And I interpreted that qs to be asking > >> whether ocfs2 1.6 be available for the standard rhel kernels. > >> And the answer is no. It will be available only for uek. > >> > >> On 05/13/2011 08:34 AM, Fahrenfort, Keith (HP Shared Solutions > >> Architect for Oracle) wrote: > >>> Hi Sunil, can you clarify - I understood that OCFS2 1.6 on RHEL > >>> would be supported, as long as you use RHEL with UEK and an > >>> Oracle Support agreement - per MOS note 1253272.1? > >>> > >>> Thanks! Regards! > >>> > >>> Keith Fahrenfort > >>> Solutions Architect - HP-Oracle Competency Center > >>> Americas Shared Solutions Architecture (SSA) > >>> Hewlett-Packard Company > >>> 281 475 8632 / Tel > >>> kei...@hp.com / Email > >>> Reach the team at s...@hp.com > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com > >>> [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Sunil > >>> Mushran Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:06 AM > >>> To: Kristian Jörg > >>> Cc: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > >>> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.6 for RHEL? > >>> > >>> On 05/13/2011 03:13 AM, Kristian Jörg wrote: > >>>> Hello! > >>>> > >>>> When is it planned ocfs2 1.6 will be available for RHEL? > >>>> > >>>> /Kristian > >>> No plans. Only OL/UEK. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Ocfs2-users mailing list > >>> Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > >>> http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ocfs2-users mailing list > > Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > > http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users > > _______________________________________________ > Ocfs2-users mailing list > Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users -- .:''''':. .:' ` Sérgio Surkamp | Gerente de Rede :: ........ ser...@gruposinternet.com.br `:. .:' `:, ,.:' *Grupos Internet S.A.* `: :' R. Lauro Linhares, 2123 Torre B - Sala 201 : : Trindade - Florianópolis - SC :.' :: +55 48 3234-4109 : ' http://www.gruposinternet.com.br _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users