Re: Recommend XFS enabled Linux Distribution

[Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/3/05, Christian Guggenberger
<christian.guggenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 02:03:45PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > On 5/3/05, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > SuSE SLES9 would be a good choice.  SGI works with SuSE to ensure that
> > > the xfs code in that distro is in good shape.
> > >
> > > -Eric
> > >
> > If you go with SLES9, be sure to get SP2 (in beta right now).  SUSE
> > has a lot of device mapper (LVM2), multipath, and drbd issues resolved
> > in SP2 from what I understand.
> >
> 
> could you me point to some details regarding the lvm2 issues solved in the
> beta of SP2?
> 
LVM2 is the userspace counterpart of the kernel DM (device mapper).  I
am not aware of any userspace issues, but I believe that a DM issues
have been fixed and SuSE did a complete audit of the DM multipath
logic in preparation for SP2.

Specifically I believe Lars Marowsky-Bree is the official SLES
maintainer for the 3 areas I mentioned above.  I have seen him
routinely post bugs/fixes on the dm-devel mailing list for the last
several months.

I have also seen a message of his that said SP2 was closely following
any dm issues.

HTH
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century