--_000_B47F00825D68444ABC037330782753603771A364013BR1MPN1012MG_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm in at the deep end... Looking for some advice on if this is possible - and what version I should = try I with if so. We are a heavily VMware oriented company... but I am trying to get RHEV/oVi= rt in the door. Honestly I would prefer oVirt, but if they insist on enter= prise support I go to Redhat. So I have had a play with VMware VSAN and know how it works. I am trying t= o more or less replicate this setup using open source. So VSAN uses 3 or more ESXi nodes, with local harddisks as the storage medi= um as a virtual SAN. The SAN performance is quite high as you put at least= 1 SSD in each node. What is nice is you don't have the NAS element here. VMs are on the local = storage, which is partially SSD, so performance is quite good. I went to a Redhat presentation on Redhat storage and GlusterFS and basical= ly this acts as a big software defined NAS which does some pretty cool thin= gs, but that's not exactly what I need. I would like to build oVirt on top of CentOS Oss... that have local storage= in them that is distributed and redundant in the event of a node failure. And I probably need to try and build this in a lab under Fusion on my Mac B= ook pro to begin with anyway (that bit I'm farily confident with) and if I = get that working can probably get some older kit to try it out for real as = a PoC to few people. So, I've set up oVirt before that should be ok, I haven't setup Gluster is = there any documents that would help me down this road and make sure I start= out using the best version. Any advice or pointers would be gratefully received. Thanks Bill Dossett Systems Architect Tech Central - Global Engineering Services T +44 (0)1923 279353 M +44 (0)777 590 8612 b<mailto:jeff.gonzalez@pb.com>ill.dossett@pb.com<mailto:ill.dossett@pb.com> pitneybowes.com Pitney Bowes 6 Hercules Way | Leavesden | WD25 7GS | UK Learn more about Global Engineering Services<http://teamsite.inside.pb.com/= sites/TCPPM/GES/SitePages/Home.aspx> In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE<teamsite.inside.pb.com/sites/TCPPM= /GES/Lists/Create%20Incident/newIncident.aspx>] takes less than a minute CloudForms User Guide available [HERE<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6= 219441/ManageIQ%20-%20User%20Manual%20PB%20v5.pdf>] ________________________________ --_000_B47F00825D68444ABC037330782753603771A364013BR1MPN1012MG_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">So I have had a play with VMware VSAN and know how i= t works. I am trying to more or less replicate this setup using open = source.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">So VSAN uses 3 or more ESXi nodes, with local harddi= sks as the storage medium as a virtual SAN. The SAN performance is qu= ite high as you put at least 1 SSD in each node.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">What is nice is you don’t have the NAS element= here. VMs are on the local storage, which is partially SSD, so perfo= rmance is quite good.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">I went to a Redhat presentation on Redhat storage an= d GlusterFS and basically this acts as a big software defined NAS which doe= s some pretty cool things, but that’s not exactly what I need.<o:p></= o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">I would like to build oVirt on top of CentOS OssR= 30; that have local storage in them that is distributed and redundant in th= e event of a node failure.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">And I probably need to try and build this in a lab u= nder Fusion on my Mac Book pro to begin with anyway (that bit I’m far= ily confident with) and if I get that working can probably get some older k= it to try it out for real as a PoC to few people.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">So, I’ve set up oVirt before that should be ok= , I haven’t setup Gluster is there any documents that would help me d= own this road and make sure I start out using the best version.<o:p></o:p><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Any advice or pointers would be gratefully received.= <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <table class=3D"MsoNormalTable" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding= =3D"0" width=3D"640" style=3D"width:480.0pt"> <tbody> <tr> <td width=3D"640" style=3D"width:480.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"= ;Arial","sans-serif";color:#0082D5;mso-fareast-language:EN-G= B">Bill Dossett</span></b><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p><= /o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ar= 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