On 7/24/19 9:38 PM, dhils...@performair.com wrote:
> All;
> 
> There's been a lot of discussion of various kernel versions on this list 
> lately, so I thought I'd seek some clarification.
> 
> I prefer to run CentOS, and I prefer to keep the number of "extra" 
> repositories to a minimum.  Ceph requires adding a Ceph repo, and the EPEL 
> repo.  Updating the kernel requires (from the research I've done) adding 
> EL-Repo.  I believe CentOS 7 uses the 3.10 kernel.
> 

Are you planning on using CephFS? Because only on the clients using
CephFS through the kernel you might require a new kernel.

The nodes in the Ceph cluster can run with the stock CentOS kernel.

Wido

> Under what circumstances would you recommend adding EL-Repo to CentOS 7.6, 
> and installing kernel-ml?  Are there certain parts of Ceph which particularly 
> benefit from kernels newer that 3.10?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Dominic L. Hilsbos, MBA 
> Director - Information Technology 
> Perform Air International Inc.
> dhils...@performair.com 
> www.PerformAir.com
> 
> 
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