Re: [ovirt-users] How do i use local storage of hosts with ovirt?
On 05/29/2014 04:08 AM, Grant Tailor wrote: This is for a private cloud and no thanks..i am okay with my local storage..have the local storage in RAID 1 and have a dedicated backup server with bacula doing continuous backup. Having a network storage complicates things, and i dont want it..at least not now...maybe in 3 years i may want it but not now for what i am doing. So anyone willing to help with how to setup hosts to use local storage? As I already wrote to you you have to put the host into maintenance mode in order to be able to configure local storage. Didn't this work? Regards, René Thanks On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Paul Robert Marino prmari...@gmail.com mailto:prmari...@gmail.com wrote: Um I missed the earlier part of this thread but I can tell you from experience not using shared storage of one kind or an other for virtualization is always a mistake you will regret latter. Its a common (almost default) mistake people who are just getting started with virtualization make. Fibre (which includes optical fiber and copper using the same protocols ) channel at best or a pNFS or Gluster solution will server you a lot better as long as you have a decent number of spindles and a lot of ram for cache on the storage servers/controllers. -- Sent from my HP Pre3 On May 28, 2014 20:51, Grant Tailor therealwebg...@gmail.com mailto:therealwebg...@gmail.com wrote: I plan NOT to use shared storage or network storage and will be using local storage of hosts to provision storage for VMs How do i do this? For example in this screenshot, no way to configure local storage Thanks ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] How do i use local storage of hosts with ovirt?
For sure an All-In-One installation lets you configure a local storage domain: http://www.ovirt.org/Feature/AllInOne I have one setup like this where I definied more local storage domains (aka more mount points pointing to different disks with different speeds...) I don't know if this can match your needs I don't remember if you can configure local storage domain for a non-allinone setup. If not, I think it would be interesting to offer it as an enahncement for future releases. A possible workflow could be: offer chance to add local storage only if the cluster is composed by only one node and in that case show a big warning that adding a local storage would prevent adding other nodes to this cluster therafter. If trying then to add another node, show a message that it is not possible as it has a local storage domain attached Gianluca ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] How do i use local storage of hosts with ovirt?
Gianluca Cecchi wrote: For sure an All-In-One installation lets you configure a local storage domain: http://www.ovirt.org/Feature/AllInOne I have one setup like this where I definied more local storage domains (aka more mount points pointing to different disks with different speeds...) I don't know if this can match your needs I don't remember if you can configure local storage domain for a non-allinone setup. If not, I think it would be interesting to offer it as an enahncement for future releases. A possible workflow could be: offer chance to add local storage only if the cluster is composed by only one node and in that case show a big warning that adding a local storage would prevent adding other nodes to this cluster therafter. If trying then to add another node, show a message that it is not possible as it has a local storage domain attached Yes you can. Put the/a host in maintenance, then create local storage and move the host to the datacenter/cluster that has been generated and bring it up. You can't have two hosts using the same local storage but that is by design :-) No hosted engine too. Joop ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] How do i use local storage of hosts with ovirt?
Um I missed the earlier part of this thread but I can tell you from experience not using shared storage of one kind or an other for virtualization is always a mistake you will regret latter. Its a common (almost default) mistake people who are just getting started with virtualization make. Fibre (which includes optical fiber and copper using the same protocols ) channel at best or a pNFS or Gluster solution will server you a lot better as long as you have a decent number of spindles and a lot of ram for cache on the storage servers/controllers. -- Sent from my HP Pre3On May 28, 2014 20:51, Grant Tailor therealwebg...@gmail.com wrote: I plan NOT to use shared storage or network storage and will be using local storage of hosts to provision storage for VMsHow do i do this?For example in this screenshot, no way to configure local storage Thanks ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] How do i use local storage of hosts with ovirt?
This is for a private cloud and no thanks..i am okay with my local storage..have the local storage in RAID 1 and have a dedicated backup server with bacula doing continuous backup. Having a network storage complicates things, and i dont want it..at least not now...maybe in 3 years i may want it but not now for what i am doing. So anyone willing to help with how to setup hosts to use local storage? Thanks On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Paul Robert Marino prmari...@gmail.comwrote: Um I missed the earlier part of this thread but I can tell you from experience not using shared storage of one kind or an other for virtualization is always a mistake you will regret latter. Its a common (almost default) mistake people who are just getting started with virtualization make. Fibre (which includes optical fiber and copper using the same protocols ) channel at best or a pNFS or Gluster solution will server you a lot better as long as you have a decent number of spindles and a lot of ram for cache on the storage servers/controllers. -- Sent from my HP Pre3 -- On May 28, 2014 20:51, Grant Tailor therealwebg...@gmail.com wrote: I plan NOT to use shared storage or network storage and will be using local storage of hosts to provision storage for VMs How do i do this? For example in this screenshot, no way to configure local storage Thanks ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] How do i use local storage of hosts with ovirt?
This is why i like Ganeti because they are the only one that understand there is a niche and support for clusters using local storage of hosts. I mean not everyone wants a Shared/network storage for crying out loud. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Paul Robert Marino prmari...@gmail.comwrote: Um I missed the earlier part of this thread but I can tell you from experience not using shared storage of one kind or an other for virtualization is always a mistake you will regret latter. Its a common (almost default) mistake people who are just getting started with virtualization make. Fibre (which includes optical fiber and copper using the same protocols ) channel at best or a pNFS or Gluster solution will server you a lot better as long as you have a decent number of spindles and a lot of ram for cache on the storage servers/controllers. -- Sent from my HP Pre3 -- On May 28, 2014 20:51, Grant Tailor therealwebg...@gmail.com wrote: I plan NOT to use shared storage or network storage and will be using local storage of hosts to provision storage for VMs How do i do this? For example in this screenshot, no way to configure local storage Thanks ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
