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Posted to dev@cloudstack.apache.org by Mike Tutkowski <mi...@solidfire.com> on 2013/03/07 22:46:54 UTC
Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Hi,
It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only for a
single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).
I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.
For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on iSCSI and
specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared Storage
Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI target.
How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? If you
have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will CloudStack create the
Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and another is
XenServer, etc.?
Thanks!
--
*Mike Tutkowski*
*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
o: 303.746.7302
Advancing the way the world uses the
cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
*™*
RE: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Posted by Hari Kannan <ha...@citrix.com>.
Minor correction - This feature is being considered for VMware also..
-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:03 PM
To: Mike Tutkowski
Cc: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Edison Su
Subject: Re: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
exactly, as root volumes AND data disks. another user ask/story being, doing this over a dedicated storage network.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> wrote:
> When you say, "expose luns to vm's," do you mean attach disks based on
> iSCSI targets to VMs? I can see that as a possible use case for
> zone-wide iSCSI Primary Storage.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i've seen the request to expose luns to vm's which would more or less
>> be zone wide primary storage. as far as it being something people
>> would do in real life is another question.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
>> mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Well, I'm trying to think if it would be beneficial for my use
>> > case. :)
>> >
>> > So, it looks like I'll be presenting at a CloudStack Meetup in CA
>> > on
>> April
>> > 3rd. I was hoping to get my plug-in done a week or so before then
>> > and
>> then
>> > show people how to build one. Any chance you might have a little
>> > time
>> to
>> > respond back to that e-mail I sent a couple days about about
>> implementing
>> > plug-in methods? Any help with that is greatly appreciated! :)
>> >
>> > Thanks!!
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edison Su <Ed...@citrix.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Xenserver and vmware doesn't support zone wide primary storage,
>> > currently,
>> > > this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should
>> > > be
>> useful
>> > > for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for
>> > xenserver.
>> > > ****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com]
>> > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM
>> > > *To:* cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > > *Cc:* Edison Su
>> > > *Subject:* Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2
>> > > Feature)****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > Hi,****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only
>> > > for
>> a
>> > > single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on
>> > > iSCSI
>> and
>> > > specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared
>> > > Storage Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI
>> > > target.****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage?
>> > > If you have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will
>> > > CloudStack create
>> the
>> > > Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and
>> another
>> > is
>> > > XenServer, etc.?****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > > ****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > *Mike Tutkowski*****
>> > >
>> > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*****
>> > >
>> > > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com****
>> > >
>> > > o: 303.746.7302****
>> > >
>> > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<
>> > http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
>> > > *(tm)*****
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > *Mike Tutkowski*
>> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
>> > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>> > o: 303.746.7302
>> > Advancing the way the world uses the
>> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
>> > *(tm)*
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Mike Tutkowski*
> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> o: 303.746.7302
> Advancing the way the world uses the
> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> *(tm)*
>
Re: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Posted by Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com>.
exactly, as root volumes AND data disks. another user ask/story being,
doing this over a dedicated storage network.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> wrote:
> When you say, "expose luns to vm's," do you mean attach disks based on
> iSCSI targets to VMs? I can see that as a possible use case for zone-wide
> iSCSI Primary Storage.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i've seen the request to expose luns to vm's which would more or less be
>> zone wide primary storage. as far as it being something people would do in
>> real life is another question.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
>> mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Well, I'm trying to think if it would be beneficial for my use case. :)
>> >
>> > So, it looks like I'll be presenting at a CloudStack Meetup in CA on
>> April
>> > 3rd. I was hoping to get my plug-in done a week or so before then and
>> then
>> > show people how to build one. Any chance you might have a little time
>> to
>> > respond back to that e-mail I sent a couple days about about
>> implementing
>> > plug-in methods? Any help with that is greatly appreciated! :)
>> >
>> > Thanks!!
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edison Su <Ed...@citrix.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Xenserver and vmware doesn’t support zone wide primary storage,
>> > currently,
>> > > this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should be
>> useful
>> > > for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for
>> > xenserver.
>> > > ****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com]
>> > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM
>> > > *To:* cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > > *Cc:* Edison Su
>> > > *Subject:* Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > Hi,****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only for
>> a
>> > > single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on iSCSI
>> and
>> > > specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared Storage
>> > > Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI target.****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? If you
>> > > have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will CloudStack create
>> the
>> > > Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and
>> another
>> > is
>> > > XenServer, etc.?****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > > ****
>> > >
>> > > ** **
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > *Mike Tutkowski*****
>> > >
>> > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*****
>> > >
>> > > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com****
>> > >
>> > > o: 303.746.7302****
>> > >
>> > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<
>> > http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
>> > > *™*****
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > *Mike Tutkowski*
>> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
>> > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>> > o: 303.746.7302
>> > Advancing the way the world uses the
>> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
>> > *™*
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Mike Tutkowski*
> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> o: 303.746.7302
> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> *™*
>
Re: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Posted by Mike Tutkowski <mi...@solidfire.com>.
When you say, "expose luns to vm's," do you mean attach disks based on
iSCSI targets to VMs? I can see that as a possible use case for zone-wide
iSCSI Primary Storage.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i've seen the request to expose luns to vm's which would more or less be
> zone wide primary storage. as far as it being something people would do in
> real life is another question.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm trying to think if it would be beneficial for my use case. :)
> >
> > So, it looks like I'll be presenting at a CloudStack Meetup in CA on
> April
> > 3rd. I was hoping to get my plug-in done a week or so before then and
> then
> > show people how to build one. Any chance you might have a little time to
> > respond back to that e-mail I sent a couple days about about implementing
> > plug-in methods? Any help with that is greatly appreciated! :)
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edison Su <Ed...@citrix.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Xenserver and vmware doesn’t support zone wide primary storage,
> > currently,
> > > this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should be
> useful
> > > for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for
> > xenserver.
> > > ****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > *From:* Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com]
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM
> > > *To:* cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > *Cc:* Edison Su
> > > *Subject:* Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > Hi,****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only for a
> > > single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on iSCSI
> and
> > > specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared Storage
> > > Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI target.****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? If you
> > > have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will CloudStack create the
> > > Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and
> another
> > is
> > > XenServer, etc.?****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > ****
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > --
> > > *Mike Tutkowski*****
> > >
> > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*****
> > >
> > > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com****
> > >
> > > o: 303.746.7302****
> > >
> > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<
> > http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> > > *™*****
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Mike Tutkowski*
> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> > o: 303.746.7302
> > Advancing the way the world uses the
> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> > *™*
> >
>
--
*Mike Tutkowski*
*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
o: 303.746.7302
Advancing the way the world uses the
cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
*™*
Re: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Posted by Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com>.
i've seen the request to expose luns to vm's which would more or less be
zone wide primary storage. as far as it being something people would do in
real life is another question.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> wrote:
> Well, I'm trying to think if it would be beneficial for my use case. :)
>
> So, it looks like I'll be presenting at a CloudStack Meetup in CA on April
> 3rd. I was hoping to get my plug-in done a week or so before then and then
> show people how to build one. Any chance you might have a little time to
> respond back to that e-mail I sent a couple days about about implementing
> plug-in methods? Any help with that is greatly appreciated! :)
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edison Su <Ed...@citrix.com> wrote:
>
> > Xenserver and vmware doesn’t support zone wide primary storage,
> currently,
> > this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should be useful
> > for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for
> xenserver.
> > ****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > *From:* Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM
> > *To:* cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > *Cc:* Edison Su
> > *Subject:* Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Hi,****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only for a
> > single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on iSCSI and
> > specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared Storage
> > Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI target.****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? If you
> > have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will CloudStack create the
> > Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and another
> is
> > XenServer, etc.?****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Thanks!
> > ****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > --
> > *Mike Tutkowski*****
> >
> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*****
> >
> > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com****
> >
> > o: 303.746.7302****
> >
> > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<
> http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> > *™*****
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Mike Tutkowski*
> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
> o: 303.746.7302
> Advancing the way the world uses the
> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> *™*
>
Re: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Posted by Mike Tutkowski <mi...@solidfire.com>.
Well, I'm trying to think if it would be beneficial for my use case. :)
So, it looks like I'll be presenting at a CloudStack Meetup in CA on April
3rd. I was hoping to get my plug-in done a week or so before then and then
show people how to build one. Any chance you might have a little time to
respond back to that e-mail I sent a couple days about about implementing
plug-in methods? Any help with that is greatly appreciated! :)
Thanks!!
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edison Su <Ed...@citrix.com> wrote:
> Xenserver and vmware doesn’t support zone wide primary storage, currently,
> this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should be useful
> for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for xenserver.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM
> *To:* cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> *Cc:* Edison Su
> *Subject:* Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)****
>
> ** **
>
> Hi,****
>
> ** **
>
> It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only for a
> single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).****
>
> ** **
>
> I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.****
>
> ** **
>
> For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on iSCSI and
> specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared Storage
> Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI target.****
>
> ** **
>
> How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? If you
> have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will CloudStack create the
> Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and another is
> XenServer, etc.?****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks!
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> --
> *Mike Tutkowski*****
>
> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*****
>
> e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com****
>
> o: 303.746.7302****
>
> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
> *™*****
>
--
*Mike Tutkowski*
*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
o: 303.746.7302
Advancing the way the world uses the
cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
*™*
RE: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Posted by Edison Su <Ed...@citrix.com>.
Xenserver and vmware doesn't support zone wide primary storage, currently, this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should be useful for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for xenserver.
From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM
To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
Cc: Edison Su
Subject: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
Hi,
It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only for a single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).
I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.
For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on iSCSI and specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared Storage Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI target.
How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? If you have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will CloudStack create the Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and another is XenServer, etc.?
Thanks!
--
Mike Tutkowski
Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.
e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com<ma...@solidfire.com>
o: 303.746.7302
Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>(tm)