[Lustre-discuss] (no subject)

[Charles Taylor]

On May 11, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> On May 11, 2009  14:38 -0700, Hayes, Robert N wrote:
>> We will test the mem=12G suggestion. Before attempting the 1.8.0  
>> client,
>> can you confirm that a 1.8 client should work with a 1.6 server  
>> without
>> causing any more complications?
>
> Yes, the 1.8.x clients are interoperable with 1.6.x servers.  If you  
> are
> worried about testing this out during live system time then you can  
> wait
> for an outage window to test the 1.8 client in isolation.  There is
> nothing to do on the server, and just RPM upgrade/downgrades on the  
> client.

And it's a beautiful thing.  :)

Charlie Taylor
UF HPC Center