On 11/20/2014 04:53 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: > > Just wondering why in EL5's base repo the latest supported mysql > package is 5.5 and in EL6's base repo it is 5.1? Seems strange to me. > > (it is clear that the SCL of EL6 has version 5.5 but that implies a > different update policy). > > -- > LF > similarly, EL6 now has mdadm-3.3 whereas EL7 has mdadm-3.2 . mdadm-3.3 supports the badblock log (bbl), whereas mdadm-3.2 doesn't. This is something to consider - one could/should use EL6's mdadm to create an md device on a EL7 system. This is future-proof in the sense that the EL7 kernel will then be able to use the bbl, and hopefully RH will include mdadm-3.3 in EL7.1 . best, Kay