On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Karanbir Singh kbsingh@centos.org wrote:
Hi Kumar
On 04/01/2011 03:50 PM, Kumar, Ranjan wrote:
We are a Channel product team within LSI and we are trying to add Cent OS 5.5 to our compatibility Matrix. We found out that LSI currently has a relationship with CentOS for another project on the Internal Storage division but not with the OS Certification team. We require some information on CentOS which will help us plan the deliverables. And considering the timelines we need to deliver at it will be great if someone from CentOS can help us out in this regard. If anybody else also can answer these in the mailing list, we would be grateful. The questions that we have are as follows:-
I am fairly sure that the CentOS Project does not have any relationship with LSI on any front ( internal storage or otherwise ). We have always encouraged vendors to speak with upstream ( Red Hat ) for things of this nature. However, being a non vendor driven project, there are still some options that you might be able to follow. The most promising one of which is self endorsement.
1)Cluster Support : ·Does CentOS 5.5 provides native cluster support ?
That would depend on what you imply by 'support'. Code components and resources needed to build something of this nature are included into the distribution.
2)Does CentOS have any self Certification tool which allows OEMs/Vendors to qualify the OS and post it in their compatibility matrix?
No. On the other hand, we prefer that vendors do both:
Approach upstream for such certifications / testing etc
Self endorse CentOS from their perspective with their own toolchains
( which, in your case would be LSI endorsing CentOS as a supported platform ). If there is a reasonable need to do so, we could potentially host a resource that allows third party vendors to document their certification / endorsement; but at the moment there is nothing of that nature on .centos.org
One we start our qualification, we might need some help in resolving issues/defects on CentOS. Can we open a channel or Point of contact who will be able to help us out with such issues.
http://bugs.centos.org/ is the best place to track something of this nature.
Its possible that these things might change in the future, but at the moment this represents the state of play.
-- Karanbir Singh
KB: Thank you for being a beacon of hope and humanity in the project. Given that you are probably the one under the most pressure, you were still able to respond in a respectful way while providing guidance to someone with great interest in the project.
Here's hoping others will follow your lead.
// Brian Mathis