[Lustre-discuss] Lustre 2.x support on vanilla kernels

[Andrew Savchenko]

On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 01:55:35 +0400 Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> Hello Andreas,
> 
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:01:22 -0600 Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > Note that Lustre 2.2 is not yet designated a maintenance release, so will not necessarily be getting fixes and updated releases. If this is for a production system, and you are not prepared to be making your own updates, you should stick with 2.1.x. 
> > 
> > The 2.1.2 release is imminent, but for now 2.1.1 is the latest maintenance release. 
> 
> We're planning to use Lustre for production purposes in about half a
> year. Until then it will be used for testing and to create client
> packages and related build system parts.
> 
> So if 2.2 branch will be eventually put to maintenance, half a year
> looks like a good time. If it may never become a maintained branch,
> then I'll stick with 2.1 branch.
> 
> Best regards,
> Andrew Savchenko


Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko
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