[CentOS-virt] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-28 Thread carlopmart 
Hi all,

  I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server under 
CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage machine 
needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the host 
where is installed.

  This is due to the limitations of hardware I have available. Both hosts needs 
to 
server several machines.

  It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the least resources 
possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual machines minimum, 
including this storage server as a virtual machine).

  What can be better solution: CentOS, NexentaStor, openfiler ...??

  Many thaks.

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Re: [CentOS-virt] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-28 Thread Gilberto Nunes 
My recomendation: Freenas...
It´s a lightweight NAS with freebsd and work very well...
I had installed 4 VM with KVM on CentOS 5.5.
This Freenas VM server iSCSI storage to 4 VM with Windows 2008 R2
Cluster FailOver solution...
 I installed Freenas ´cause I was needed iSCSI with Persistent
Reservation on it in order to deploy Cluster FailOver on MS WIndows
2008 R2...

I hope this can help you too...

Regards

2011/1/28 carlopmart carlopm...@gmail.com:
 Hi all,

  I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server under
 CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage 
 machine
 needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the 
 host
 where is installed.

  This is due to the limitations of hardware I have available. Both hosts 
 needs to
 server several machines.

  It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the least resources
 possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual machines minimum,
 including this storage server as a virtual machine).

  What can be better solution: CentOS, NexentaStor, openfiler ...??

  Many thaks.

 --
 CL Martinez
 carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com
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Re: [CentOS-virt] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-28 Thread compdoc 
 I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server
under CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware).

Back when I started using virtual machines, I used guests to share large
storage.

Eventually, I found it was better to let the host do the sharing of storage,
and let the guests connect to it.

Seems more efficient that way, as well as helping to facilitate backups and
maintenance.



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