[ovirt-devel] DRBD Integration with oVirt

[Hayley Swimelar]

On 06/13/2016 09:51 AM, Allon Mureinik wrote:
> Maybe I'm being daft, but I'm missing something basic here.
> What's the end goal? A DRBD Storage Domain in oVirt?
>

Hi Allon,

A DRBD Storage Domain in oVirt is the goal, yes.

> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Hayley Swimelar <hayley at linbit.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A DRBD integration into oVirt is currently being planned.
>>
>> DRBD provides replicated, highly available block storage. For those
>> unfamiliar with DRBD more information can be found here:
>> https://www.drbd.org/en/comp/drbd-linux-driver
>>
>> DRBD 9 is the latest version of DRBD and interacts with DRBD Manage which
>> is a daemon exposed via a D-Bus api. More information can be found here:
>> https://www.drbd.org/en/comp/drbdmanage
>>
>> DRBD Manage handles the creation, assignment, etc. of DRBD volumes and is
>> the interface through which Cinder manages DRBD.
>>
>> We are looking for advice on how best to have oVirt communicate with DRBD
>> Manage and we have come to two options:
>>
>> 1) Use Cinder. Although we are integrated into Cinder, there are concerns
>> about the need to set up a complete Cinder instance to provide access to
>> DRBD.
>>
>> 2) The alternative to Cinder would be to have the oVirt Engine communicate
>> directly to DRBD Manage via D-Bus.
>>
>> Any advice on the best way to achieve this would be much appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Hayley Swimelar
>> LINBIT | Keeping the Digital World Running
>> DRBD — Corosync — Pacemaker
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>

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Hayley Swimelar
LINBIT | Keeping the Digital World Running
DRBD — Corosync — Pacemaker
+1-503-573-1262 x212