Hello everybody.
We´re trying to design a HPC cluster for 2014 now and we´re deciding the Operating System to install in it.
We have a requirement for one of our users about the glibc, it should has a 2.14 glibc or superior.
Since SLES 11 SP3 has 2.11 glibc, I´ve been loooking around to try to know if SLES 12 is coming soon and which glibc it will come with but I can´t find anything about it.
Has anybody any information about this?
Thank you very much.
Ruth
Given that the current version of openSUSE has glibc 2.17 I would be very surprised if SLES 12 ships with glibc less than 2.14. Such specific details are unlikely to be made public prior to release though. According to https://www.suse.com/communities/conversations/your-opportunity-to-shape-suse-linux-enterprise-12/ SLES 12 is due in 2014, but it doesn’t say when. The Presentation Download at https://www.brainshareslc.com/2013/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=2320 indicates middle of 2014. There’s usually a non-public beta test programme you can apply for so you could keep an eye on the SUSE website for an announcement about that.
You’ve actually posted in the SLED forum. The SLES forum is at https://forums.suse.com/forumdisplay.php?8-SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server
On 12/08/2013 10:04, inta wrote:
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We�re trying to design a HPC cluster for 2014 now and we�re deciding
the Operating System to install in it.
We have a requirement for one of our users about the glibc, it should
has a 2.14 glibc or superior.
Since SLES 11 SP3 has 2.11 glibc, I�ve been loooking around to try to
know if SLES 12 is coming soon and which glibc it will come with but I
can�t find anything about it.
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SLES12 is not due until 2014 so I suspect it’s too early to know which
version of glibc it will include but I’ll ask SUSE.
Note that just because SLES includes glibc 2.11 doesn’t mean it hasn’t
had fixes or features backported from later versions - do you know what
the requirement is for 2.14 or later?
Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner
Thank you both for the quick answer and for the info.
More or less that was the info I had.
So the answer to my problem seems to be that we cannot make it work with certanty right now.
Anyway, I don´t know right know the name of the application that needs the glibc 2.14 because the user is on holiday, but when she´d come back at the end of the month I´ll give you the rest of the info. As long as I remember it was 2.14 or later.
Sorry for posting this in the wrong thread.
And thanks again.
Best:
Ruth