Hi all, Has any one run these rpms? If so, are they reliable for a production box? I''m pretty conservative and usually stick with the vendor distros, etc... but I may be missing out on some enhancements as the current shipped version with Centos/RHEL is Xen 3.0.3. - Brian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Brian Krusic wrote:> Hi all, > > Has any one run these rpms? > > If so, are they reliable for a production box? > > I''m pretty conservative and usually stick with the vendor distros, etc... but > I may be missing out on some enhancements as the current shipped version with > Centos/RHEL is Xen 3.0.3.Don''t believe everything RedHat puts in an rpm version string. The RedHat RPM says Xen 3.0.3 but inside it is really a significantly- modified xen 3.1.2. at least in version 5 update 2. That said, I have never tried the 3.3 rpms from gitco. Would also be interested to know anyone who has. Steve> > - Brian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven C. Timm, Ph.D (630) 840-8525 timm@fnal.gov http://home.fnal.gov/~timm/ Fermilab Computing Division, Scientific Computing Facilities, Grid Facilities Department, FermiGrid Services Group, Assistant Group Leader. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Quoting Steven Timm <timm@fnal.gov>:> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Brian Krusic wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Has any one run these rpms? >> >> If so, are they reliable for a production box? >> >> I''m pretty conservative and usually stick with the vendor distros, >> etc... but I may be missing out on some enhancements as the current >> shipped version with Centos/RHEL is Xen 3.0.3. > > Don''t believe everything RedHat puts in an rpm version string. > The RedHat RPM says Xen 3.0.3 but inside it is really a significantly- > modified xen 3.1.2. at least in version 5 update 2. > That said, I have never tried the 3.3 rpms from gitco. > Would also be interested to know anyone who has. >I am using the 3.3 rpms from gitco and have not had any problems with them. The box is not in production but as soon as I am finished building it, it will be. Jon _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:54 AM, <jonr@destar.net> wrote:> Quoting Steven Timm <timm@fnal.gov>: > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Brian Krusic wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> Has any one run these rpms? >>> >>> If so, are they reliable for a production box? >>> >>> I''m pretty conservative and usually stick with the vendor distros, >>> etc... but I may be missing out on some enhancements as the current >>> shipped version with Centos/RHEL is Xen 3.0.3. >>> >> >> Don''t believe everything RedHat puts in an rpm version string. >> The RedHat RPM says Xen 3.0.3 but inside it is really a significantly- >> modified xen 3.1.2. at least in version 5 update 2. >> That said, I have never tried the 3.3 rpms from gitco. >> Would also be interested to know anyone who has. >> >>EVERYONE''s using them! I use them in production now and have had no problems that I could attribute to the rpms themselves. Note, that I only use the x86_64 rpms. Grant McWilliams Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use Windows." Now they have two problems. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Grant McWilliams wrote:> > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:54 AM, <jonr@destar.net > <mailto:jonr@destar.net>> wrote: > > Quoting Steven Timm <timm@fnal.gov <mailto:timm@fnal.gov>>: > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Brian Krusic wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has any one run these rpms? > > If so, are they reliable for a production box? > > I''m pretty conservative and usually stick with the vendor > distros, etc... but I may be missing out on some > enhancements as the current shipped version with > Centos/RHEL is Xen 3.0.3. > > > Don''t believe everything RedHat puts in an rpm version string. > The RedHat RPM says Xen 3.0.3 but inside it is really a > significantly- > modified xen 3.1.2. at least in version 5 update 2. > That said, I have never tried the 3.3 rpms from gitco. > Would also be interested to know anyone who has. > > > EVERYONE''s using them! I use them in production now and have had no > problems that I could attribute to the rpms themselves. Note, that I > only use the x86_64 rpms. > > Grant McWilliamswe contacted the gitco guy for his SPEC files and built our own. imho, you should do the same as it''s not a good meta-idea to download binary-only distributions from untrusted/less-trusted sources. i mean, i''m sure that there''s nothing malicious in the gitco builds specifically, it''s just a thought on practices.> > Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use > Windows." > Now they have two problems. >nice sig> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users- jonathan _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
great advice. thanks jonathan. - Brian On Feb 5, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Jonathan Dye wrote:> Grant McWilliams wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:54 AM, <jonr@destar.net <mailto:jonr@destar.net >> >> wrote: >> >> Quoting Steven Timm <timm@fnal.gov <mailto:timm@fnal.gov>>: >> >> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Brian Krusic wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Has any one run these rpms? >> >> If so, are they reliable for a production box? >> >> I''m pretty conservative and usually stick with the vendor >> distros, etc... but I may be missing out on some >> enhancements as the current shipped version with >> Centos/RHEL is Xen 3.0.3. >> >> >> Don''t believe everything RedHat puts in an rpm version string. >> The RedHat RPM says Xen 3.0.3 but inside it is really a >> significantly- >> modified xen 3.1.2. at least in version 5 update 2. >> That said, I have never tried the 3.3 rpms from gitco. >> Would also be interested to know anyone who has. >> >> EVERYONE''s using them! I use them in production now and have had no >> problems that I could attribute to the rpms themselves. Note, that >> I only use the x86_64 rpms. >> >> Grant McWilliams > > we contacted the gitco guy for his SPEC files and built our own. > imho, you should do the same as it''s not a good meta-idea to > download binary-only distributions from untrusted/less-trusted > sources. i mean, i''m sure that there''s nothing malicious in the > gitco builds specifically, it''s just a thought on practices. > >> >> Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll >> use Windows." >> Now they have two problems. >> > nice sig >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > - jonathan > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users