Re: [Xen-users] XCP and Gluster

[epretorious <epretorious@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's been a year now since anyone posted to this thread.

What was the final verdict? Has the latest release of GlusterFS (i.e.,
Version 3.3) changed anyone's opinion of GlusterFS as a HA VMDI SR?

Eric Pretorious
Truckee, CA


Joseph Glanville wrote
> 
> There are no such systems available commercially as far as I am aware.
> I developed a custom solution for my company to achieve this but at
> this point in time your best bet is a SAN that support SRP. Have a
> look at the devices from Scalable Informatics - I always recommend
> them to others using Infiniband fabrics.
> 
> Joseph.
> 
> On 6 June 2011 03:45, Martins Lazdans <marrtins@> wrote:
>> What do you recommend for such configuration:
>> Say, we have 4 servers, each with 12 drives. I want to distribute and
>> replicate xen images over all servers in such manner that:
>> *) live migration works
>> *) *any* one of 4 server may fail still leaving *all* images accessible.
>> *) Will work over Infiniband (not only using ipoib)
>> *) It would be a big plus, if filesystem do not require separate
>> metadata/transaction/management/you-name-it server or at least provide
>> machanism for transparent fileover.
>>
>> I was reading deocumentation of number of network filesystems and
>> GlusterFS
>> seemed the best choice.
>>
>> Igor Serebryany wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 11:56:28PM +1000, Joseph Glanville wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would really recommend against using Gluster or any filesystem based
>>>> method of providing VM storage
>>>
>>> Ditto. I would specifically recommend against Gluster. We tried it at my
>>> company for VM storage, and it's just not suitable for large files like
>>> VM images, especially if you are hoping to use the advanced features
>>> like replication.
>>>
>>> --Igor
>>>
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