Re: [ovirt-devel] DRBD Integration with oVirt

On 06/13/2016 09:51 AM, Allon Mureinik wrote: > Maybe I'm being daft, but I'm missing something basic here. > What's the end goal? A DRBD Storage Domain in oVirt? > > Hi Allon, A DRBD Storage Domain in oVirt is the goal, yes. On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Hayley Swimelar <hayley(a)linbit.com&gt; wrote: > > Hello all, >> >> A DRBD integration into oVirt is currently being planned. >> >> DRBD provides replicated, highly available block storage. For those >> unfamiliar with DRBD more information can be found here: >> https://www.drbd.org/en/comp/drbd-linux-driver >> >> DRBD 9 is the latest version of DRBD and interacts with DRBD Manage which >> is a daemon exposed via a D-Bus api. More information can be found here: >> https://www.drbd.org/en/comp/drbdmanage >> >> DRBD Manage handles the creation, assignment, etc. of DRBD volumes and is >> the interface through which Cinder manages DRBD. >> >> We are looking for advice on how best to have oVirt communicate with DRBD >> Manage and we have come to two options: >> >> 1) Use Cinder. Although we are integrated into Cinder, there are concerns >> about the need to set up a complete Cinder instance to provide access to >> DRBD. >> >> 2) The alternative to Cinder would be to have the oVirt Engine >> communicate >> directly to DRBD Manage via D-Bus. >> >> Any advice on the best way to achieve this would be much appreciated. >> >> -- >> Hayley Swimelar >> LINBIT | Keeping the Digital World Running >> DRBD — Corosync — Pacemaker >> +1-503-573-1262 x212 >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> >> >> >> > -- Hayley Swimelar LINBIT | Keeping the Digital World Running DRBD — Corosync — Pacemaker +1-503-573-1262 x212