A FreeBSD NAS box based on ZFS, though you could also use opensolaris
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Kirk Jantzer <kirk.jant...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for the reply Matt. What are you seeing as the common platform for > these shared storage setups? > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Mathias Mullins < > mathias.mull...@citrix.com> wrote: > > > Hey Kirk, > > > > Majority of our customers are using shared storage. It's actually a very > > low percentage that are using Local storage because it basically negates > > all high Availability and eliminates a lot of the useful features in > > CloudStack. > > > > Local storage is usually what I refer to as "Use it and Forget it" > because > > if you lose the system you can forget getting the VM back. part of the > > risk, but the cheaper cost is the obvious reward. most of the local > storage > > environments I have seen are small cluster, small workload environments > > that can afford to back those environments up regularly. > > > > The large scale 1,000's of VMs you are about 97% likely IMO going to see > > shared storage. > > > > Thank you, > > Matt > > > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:28 AM, "Kirk Jantzer" <kirk.jant...@gmail.com > > <mailto:kirk.jant...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > For my testing, because of available resources, I chose local storage. > > However, shared storage (like GlusterFS or the like) is appealing. What > are > > you using? Why did you chose what you're using? How many instances are > you > > running? etc. > > Thanks!! > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Kirk Jantzer > c: (678) 561-5475 >
