Re: [Users] oVirt 3.2 on CentOS with Gluster 3.3

Hi Rob, On 03/06/2013 05:59 PM, Rob Zwissler wrote: > On one hand I like oVirt, I think you guys have done a good job with > this, and it is free software so I don't want to complain. > > But on the other hand, if you release a major/stable release (ie: > oVirt 3.2), but it relies on a major/critical component (clustering > filesystem server) that is in alpha, not even beta, but alpha > prerelease form, you really should be up front and communicative about > this. My searches turned up nothing except an offhand statement from > a GlusterFS developer, nothing from the oVirt team until now. > > It is not acceptable to expect people to run something as critical as > a cluster filesystem server in alpha form on anything short of a > development test setup. Are any other components of oVirt 3.2 > dependent on non-stable general release packages? > > What is the latest release of oVirt considered to be stable and > considered safe for use on production systems? It seems like there has been conflation of two things here - I may be wrong with what I say, but having checked, I do not believe so. With oVirt 3.2/Gluster 3.4, you will be able to manage Gluster clusters using the oVirt engine. This is a completely new integration, which is still not in a production Gluster release. However, it is still completely fine to use Gluster as storage for an oVirt 3.1 or 3.2 managed cluster. The ability to use Gluster easily as a storage back-end was added in oVirt 3.1, and as far as I know, there is no problem using glusterfs 3.3 as a POSIX storage filesystem for oVirt 3.2. Vijay, Shireesh, Ayal, is my understanding correct? I am worried that we've been giving people the wrong impression here.