[CentOS] problem with gfs_controld

2010-09-15 Thread sandra-llistes
Hi, We have two nodes with centos 5.5 x64 and cluster+gfs offering samba and NFS services. Recently one node displayed the following messages in log files: Sep 13 08:19:07 NODE1 gfs_controld[3101]: cpg_mcast_joined error 2 handle 2846d7ad MSG_PLOCK Sep 13 08:19:07 NODE1 gfs_controld[3101]

[CentOS] is Intel VT-d "really" necessary?

2010-09-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Hi all, I'm just curios and would like some input from the community on this one. We're busy budgeting for a couple of new servers and I thought it would be good to try out the Core i7 CPU's, but see the majority of them don't offer VT-d, but just VT-x. Looking at the LGA1366 range, only the "Inte

Re: [CentOS] Centos Virtual Machine 32 bit with 8 GB ram ?

2010-09-15 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/14/2010 03:01 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Even so, most machines today performs multiple tasks, so 3GB limit per > process isn't really that big an issue, unless you render graphics > with a mono-threaded application. You are assuming, wrongly, that apps will scale interprocess as they do for

Re: [CentOS] Centos Virtual Machine 32 bit with 8 GB ram ?

2010-09-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 09/14/2010 03:01 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Even so, most machines today performs multiple tasks, so 3GB limit per >> process isn't really that big an issue, unless you render graphics >> with a mono-threaded application. > > You are assu

Re: [CentOS] Centos Virtual Machine 32 bit with 8 GB ram ?

2010-09-15 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/15/2010 11:05 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Sure, there are exceptions but my assumptions were on a general scale. > So, if this is the case (which I don't think it was with the OP), then > 64bit would be better. But in general, 32bit could perform as well. > No, I dont agree - my point really wa

Re: [CentOS] is Intel VT-d "really" necessary?

2010-09-15 Thread Alexander Dalloz
> So, if VT-d really necessary? > We mainly host XEN virtual machine for the hosting industry, i.e. we > don't need / use graphics rendering inside VM's, or need DAS on the > VM's, etc. > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > SoftDux VT-d is not a necessity in general. It all depends on the kind of virtu

Re: [CentOS] is Intel VT-d "really" necessary?

2010-09-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > VT-d is not a necessity in general. It all depends on the kind of > virtualization you run. If you run only paravirtualized guests on Xen, > then there is not any need for VT-d (see [1]). If you fully virtualize for > instance Windows gue

Re: [CentOS] Transferring system to new drive

2010-09-15 Thread Phil Schaffner
John R Pierce wrote on 09/14/2010 09:27 AM: > On 09/14/10 6:24 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> rsync -HPavxz --exclude /mnt /. /mnt/. >> >> > > how does rsync handle links? not symlinks, but actual file links? From "man rsync": -H, --hard-linkspreserve hard links Phil __

[CentOS] CentOS in low RAM settings

2010-09-15 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, I have been playing with Xen VM's and was wondering what the minimum RAM size in which you could run CentOS 5.5 (i386). So far I managed to install in 256 MB or 512 MB and then shrink the VM's RAM to 128 MB and still run the installation. Would anyone know why the install in a 128

Re: [CentOS] CentOS in low RAM settings

2010-09-15 Thread Bobby
On Wednesday, September 15, 2010 09:00:35 am Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates, > > I have been playing with Xen VM's and was wondering what the minimum > RAM size in which you could run CentOS 5.5 (i386). So far I managed to > install in 256 MB or 512 MB and then shrink the VM's RAM to 128 M

Re: [CentOS] CentOS in low RAM settings

2010-09-15 Thread J.Witvliet
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Bobby Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:11 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS in low RAM settings On Wednesday, September 15, 2010 09:00:35 am Boris Epstein wrote

Re: [CentOS] CentOS in low RAM settings

2010-09-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On 9/15/2010 8:00 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates, > > I have been playing with Xen VM's and was wondering what the minimum > RAM size in which you could run CentOS 5.5 (i386). So far I managed to > install in 256 MB or 512 MB and then shrink the VM's RAM to 128 MB and > still run the in

[CentOS] why does automounting removable media always have options nodev, noexec, nosuid?

2010-09-15 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i'm experimenting with some basic removable media mounting exercises for an upcoming class, and i read that, while you can use gconf-editor to change some of the mount options in cases like that, there is no way to override the mount options of nodev, noexec and nosuid. for example, that claim

Re: [CentOS] why does automounting removable media always have options nodev, noexec, nosuid?

2010-09-15 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 03:09:39PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i'm experimenting with some basic removable media mounting > exercises for an upcoming class, and i read that, while you can use > gconf-editor to change some of the mount options in cases like that, > there is no way to override

Re: [CentOS] why does automounting removable media always have options nodev, noexec, nosuid?

2010-09-15 Thread Dave
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm experimenting with some basic removable media mounting > exercises for an upcoming class, and i read that, while you can use > gconf-editor to change some of the mount options in cases like that, > there is no way to override the mo

Re: [CentOS] why does automounting removable media always have options nodev, noexec, nosuid?

2010-09-15 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:26:12AM -1000, Dave wrote: > This question is different from the one in your subject header. These > mount options are 'security features', make crackers jump through another > hoop. They can be undone with a mount -o remount. If one can jump through that hoop, one alrea

Re: [CentOS] is Intel VT-d "really" necessary?

2010-09-15 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
Hi, > I'm just curios and would like some input from the community on this > one. We're busy budgeting for a couple of new servers and I thought it > would be good to try out the Core i7 CPU's, but see the majority of > them don't offer VT-d, but just VT-x. Looking at the LGA1366 range, > only the

Re: [CentOS] is Intel VT-d "really" necessary?

2010-09-15 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/15/10 2:19 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just curios and would like some input from the community on this > one. We're busy budgeting for a couple of new servers and I thought it > would be good to try out the Core i7 CPU's, but see the majority of > them don't offer VT-d, but ju