From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To: John Papa <John.Papa@Oracle.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: latest version of mdadm for RedHat 5.3
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:07:59 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110812070759.2849ba0b@notabene.brown> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E43FC96.6020308@Oracle.com>
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:00:22 -0700 John Papa <John.Papa@Oracle.com> wrote:
> On 8/11/2011 8:52 AM, John Papa wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > A customer is running RedHat 5.3 and has inquired regarding
> > the latest version of mdadm for that version of RedHat.
> >
> > I am having some difficulty responding to the customer with
> > the degree of confidence required for this production environment.
> >
> > Is mdadm version 3.2.2 compatible with RedHat version 5.3?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for considering this inquiry
In theory all later versions of mdadm are compatible with all kernels. Later
versions add features, remove bugs, and sometimes add bugs.
The real question is probably "Has it been tested" or "is someone willing to
provide support". Maybe you should ask Redhat??
NeilBrown
>
> John.Papa@Oracle.com
> Oracle National Security Group
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2011-08-11 16:00 ` latest version of mdadm for RedHat 5.3 John Papa
2011-08-11 21:07 ` NeilBrown [this message]
2011-08-12 17:31 ` Doug Ledford
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