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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
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<p
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<p
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I’m in at the
deep end…<o:p></o:p></p
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Looking for some advice
on if this is possible ̵=
1; and what version I should try I with if so.<o:p></o:p></p
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">We are a heavily VMware
oriented company… but =
I am trying to get RHEV/oVirt in the door. Honestly I would prefer oV=
irt, but if they insist on enterprise support I go to
Redhat.<o:p></o:p></p=
<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
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<p
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