One thing to be aware of with the local storage, is that CS will only recognize one local storage pool. So where you have 10 x 512 GB disks, you will need to make all of the disks you would like to use for CS primary storage one logical disk.
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:15:44 -0400 > Subject: Re: Storage options for new Cloudstack setup. > From: kirk.jant...@gmail.com > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > The hosts would be in a cluster, but their storage is local to the host. > I'm not aware of anything in cloudstack yet (storage migration is slated > for future versions) that would make it aware of replication done on the > host level. People are experimenting with Ceph for primary storage, but I > don't know all the details on what is/isn't possible with that. > > Regards, > > Kirk Jantzer > http://about.me/kirkjantzer > On Aug 16, 2013 6:04 PM, "Tyler Wilson" <k...@linuxdigital.net> wrote: > > > Hello Kirk, > > > > While I do agree with the Live migration issue I do think If you have > > multiple hosts couldnt you replicate the data and establish HA via load > > balancing. Am I correct in thinking this? Would these specs be considered > > one 'pod' or a single 'cluster'? > > > > Thanks again for you help. > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Kirk Jantzer <kirk.jant...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > I'd wait for the experts to reply, but off the top of my head in the > > > current versions (4.x), you'd lose the ability to live migrate instances > > > and offer HA service offerings. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Kirk Jantzer > > > http://about.me/kirkjantzer > > > On Aug 16, 2013 5:49 PM, "Tyler Wilson" <k...@linuxdigital.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Kirk, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply, will any features be disabled/unavailable with > > this > > > > method? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Kirk Jantzer <kirk.jant...@gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > With the specs provided, you'll want to create a zone with local > > > storage > > > > > enabled (as well as change the global setting that allows system vms > > to > > > > be > > > > > placed on primary storage). That way, when you add hosts, their local > > > > disks > > > > > will be added as primary storage. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Kirk Jantzer > > > > > http://about.me/kirkjantzer > > > > > On Aug 16, 2013 3:57 PM, "Tyler Wilson" <k...@linuxdigital.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings All, > > > > > > > > > > > > We are looking into setting up Cloudstack for one of our new racks > > > and > > > > I > > > > > am > > > > > > trying to get a picture of our options for storage; > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Can we use primary storage with the specs below? It seems > > primary > > > > > > storage is meant for single, dedicated storage boxes (SAN, NFS) > > that > > > > > don't > > > > > > house VM's as well (which is our goal). > > > > > > > > > > > > 3x Dual E5-2620, 256 GB RAM, 10x512 GB SSD (2x10gbps) (Hosts) > > > > > > 1x E5-2620, 64 GB RAM, 5x512 GB SSD (1gbps) (Possibly management > > > > server) > > > > > > 1x Dual E5-2620, 64 GB RAM, 8x1 TB SATA3 (1gbps) (possibly > > > > > backup/secondary > > > > > > storage server) > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. If so, how/what do we need to do to set this up? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
