Storage 461GB/5TB Primary Storage Allocated 2.5TB/5TB I am not running out of real space, but when the allocated storage gets too high I cannot deploy vms. The storage.overprovisioning.factor multiplier is not having any effect in allowing me to overprovision storage.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> wrote: > Goto Infrastructure, Zone, Resources > > Compare Storage value VS Primary Allocated Storage value. > > Storage value is the actual size used in my opinion. > > Are you running of space and cant launch vms? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Sciarrino [mailto:chris.sciarr...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 2:36 PM >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Cloudstack System Capacity - VMFS Storage >> >> Okay thanks Ilya for confirming, I'll have to look into why it's not taking >> effect >> in my setup. >> >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> >> wrote: >> > I don't believe ACS knows the difference between ISCSI and VMFS. >> > >> > I'm using VMFS. >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Chris Sciarrino [mailto:chris.sciarr...@gmail.com] >> >> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:48 PM >> >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org; Musayev, Ilya >> >> Subject: Re: Cloudstack System Capacity - VMFS Storage >> >> >> >> Hi Ilya, >> >> >> >> Can you confirm that you are using fiber channel VMFS type as your >> >> primary storage? I have tried enabling the >> >> storage.overprovisioning.factor in the global settings previously and >> >> it made no difference. The docs show that VMware storage >> >> overprovisioning is only supported on NFS and iSCSI, so I am curious if >> >> this >> is working for you. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Musayev, Ilya >> <imusa...@webmd.net> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Chris, >> >> > >> >> > Current solution is to enable storage.overprovisioning.factor in >> >> > global >> >> settings. Long term solution as per discussion with Edison, who >> >> maintains storage framework, is to do real lookup of actual space. >> >> > >> >> > I'm in exact situation as you are, I've overprovisioned by factor >> >> > of 20 >> >> (maybe an over kill). I also rely on vSphere monitoring for space alerts. >> >> > >> >> > Regards >> >> > ilya >> >> > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> From: Chris Sciarrino [mailto:chris.sciarr...@gmail.com] >> >> >> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:21 AM >> >> >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> >> >> Subject: Cloudstack System Capacity - VMFS Storage >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> I have the situation where I have deployed a fairly large amount >> >> >> instances of the same template. This has increased the amount of >> >> >> allocated primary storage used to over 2.5 TB . However due to the >> >> >> usage of linked clones I am really only using a couple of hundred GB. >> >> >> The primary storage type is a VMFS datastore so I do not believe I >> >> >> can overprovision it in cloudstack. The problem lies when trying >> >> >> to deploy more instances it is failing because the amount I have >> >> >> allocated is over the disable threshold even though I have plenty >> >> >> of actual >> >> storage left. >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there any way around this? Or any way to make cloudstack see >> >> >> the actual storage usage on the VMFS datastores? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > >
