On 03/27/2013 07:17 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi guys, im new to the list, and i apologise in advance to write this,
> but i've been reading a lot and i dont seem to find an answer to an
> specific question i have.
> 
> We are using Netapp to deploy nova volume to our openstack KVM
> instances, this means :
> 
> #1 We have lots of phisical servers running kvm virtual instances
> #2 this physical servers connect against our netapp appliances through iSCSI
> #3 we attach this iscsi sessions to the instances for them to see it as
> a new block device ( the instances dont see it as an scsi session, just
> the phisical server )
> 
> The thing is, we want to be able to handle a 1 minute disconnection
> caused either by a storage reboot or a network outage ( both, no more
> than a minute o minute and a half )

What do you mean by handle? Retried in the iscsi/scsi layer? Failed to
upper levels like multipath or some clustering software?

Are you using dm-multipath with iscsi?

Section 8. Advanced Configuration of the iscsi README might be helpful.

> What i want to understand and i dont seem to ( again, sorry ) is ...
> 

Tell me if you are using dm-multipath and what you want to do. I can
then answer the questions below.

> #1 what parameter/s to touch from the open-iscsi config on the physical
> host to handle that amount of time the dissconection
> #2 in the mean time, supposing i've touched thos parameters, all the
> data that needs to be writen and wont, were is it cached on the physical
> server side? in ram ? in our local disk ?
> #3 and those retries, i imagine i will see exactly the same in the
> physical and virtual side, are reflected till the connection is
> reestablished, as I/O wait just increasing, and CPU waiting for the
> write to finish ?
> 
> Hope i made myself clear, and sorri if all my questions were answered
> and i wasnt able to find it.
> I'll wait for all your help to understand a little more.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
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