Hi all,
I am planning to add block storage (iSCSI) to my oVirt environment. I just stumbled across
this point from the oVirt Documentation:
"6. Select an active host in the Use Host field. If this is not the first data domain
in a data center, you must select the data center's SPM host. Important: All
communication to the storage domain is through the selected host and not directly from the
oVirt Engine." (you find it here:
https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Storage.html#adding-...)
So my question is: Is there a significant performance advantage for VMs using the storage
that are running on that "selected host"? Because if this is the case, I would
connect all my host machines to the dedicated storage network, create multiple data
domains and "split" my iSCSI storage server(s) among those domains. If it is not
the case, I would only have my storage server(s) and one of my hosts in the storage
network. This also has implications on the dimensions (and cost!) of the switch that I use
for the storage network, so I would be grateful if someone has any insight.
Thanks