I don't use local storage, but my understanding, is that it's major limitation, is that each host that uses it, has to be it's own DataCenter. -----Original Message----- From: Ankit Sharma <ravishopping1986(a)gmail.com&gt; Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 6:32 AM To: users(a)ovirt.org Subject: [ovirt-users] How to Add a host as storage in oVirt-4.5 Hi Saviours, I am using ovirt since a decade now with SAN storage and it is working like charm. Now i want to upgrade storage but want to use host for storage so how can i use and add Local storage and use it for VM's? Regards, AS _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/TLGVHYIUQSM...

One, the original query was about "local" storage. Two, this still has the same maintenance problem. Taking down a host (node) for maintenance, will take down any VM with storage on that host. Three, to work around this issue, you would need to use an alternative storage mechanism, where you can have multiple copies of the same data, spread across multiple hosts. Gluster is usually the solution for this. Four, The additional compute/memory overhead of either NFS or Gluster, reduced the capability of the host to support virtual machines. SAN storage is the preferred storage for virtualization environments, because it isolates storage from compute, and has two controllers, so each can be service individually. Barring SAN storage, small cluster of Gluster hosts is the next best options, and failing that, independent NFS storage. SAN and Gluster will permit you to service the equipment the storage is running on. NFS will require you to shut everything down. -----Original Message----- From: Frank Wall <fw(a)moov.de&gt; Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 4:06 PM To: users(a)ovirt.org Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: How to Add a host as storage in oVirt-4.5 On 2024-04-15 13:32, Ankit Sharma wrote: It has always been possible to use local storage in oVirt, you just have to export it somehow, e.g. by using NFS. Just a few steps to prepare the oVirt node: - prepare the local storage directory (e.g. set proper permissions for oVirt) - setup a local NFS server (must be reachable by all other oVirt nodes) - add the NFS share as new storage domain in oVirt I've been using this approach several times, it's really that simple. Ciao - Frank _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/NY3WFUVY7NY...