Re: ASM on Linux 6
From: Tim Hall <tim_at_oracle-base.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:24:26 -0600
Message-ID: <CAP=5zEhCySy-mnwX6V4ubvzmsAD3x8sp8FS3+uOJX1oDYL+TDg_at_mail.gmail.com>
Hi.
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:24:26 -0600
Message-ID: <CAP=5zEhCySy-mnwX6V4ubvzmsAD3x8sp8FS3+uOJX1oDYL+TDg_at_mail.gmail.com>
Hi.
No inside information here. The recent clarifications by Wim (over a year after this thread started) confirm it is not End-Of-Life for OL and SUSE.
I guess the point here is, unless Red Hat commit to maintaining ASMLib for RHEL kernel versions (the same way SUSE do), ASMLib is End-Of-Life for RHEL. That is quite significant if you are a RHEL user, rather than an OL or SUSE users.
For many people, the advantages of using ASMLib over UDEV are marginal to say the least. Having said that, if you are using UEK, then you don't have to worry about a mismatch between the kernel version and oracleasm kernel module anymore, so using ASMLib has become less annoying.
You have a choice. You decide. :)
Cheers
Tim...
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