Re: [CentOS-virt] Live migration using shared storage in different networks

2015-07-06 Thread Mike - st257
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Miguel Barbosa Gonçalves wrote: > Hi! > > I am building a KVM cluster that needs VM live migration. > > My shared storage as well as the KVM hosts will be running > CentOS. > > Because 10 Gbps Ethernet switches are very expensive at the > moment I will connect the

Re: [CentOS-virt] Live migration using shared storage in different networks

2015-07-06 Thread Alvin Starr
A couple of comments. Take a look at http://whiteboxswitch.com/ or do a general search for white box switches. Migration will work so long as the storage is consistent between the two KVM hosts. If there is buffering or caching going on you could have problems. Something like GFS or NFS wil

[CentOS-virt] Live migration using shared storage in different networks

2015-07-06 Thread Miguel Barbosa Gonçalves
Hi! I am building a KVM cluster that needs VM live migration. My shared storage as well as the KVM hosts will be running CentOS. Because 10 Gbps Ethernet switches are very expensive at the moment I will connect the KVM hosts to the storage by cross-over cables and create private networks for eac