Re: [ovirt-devel] DRBD Integration with oVirt

Then definitely don't go the Cinder route. We make WAY too many Ceph-centric assumptions there. I wonder how much effort it would be to implement a DRBD domain in a similar fashion to the existing block domains.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Hayley Swimelar <hayley(a)linbit.com&gt; wrote: > > > 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 >