On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at 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: > > 1) Approach upstream for such certifications / testing etc > > 2) 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