[Users] oVirt 3.1 and Glusterfs how-to

Robert Middleswarth robert at middleswarth.net
Thu Jul 5 19:08:48 UTC 2012


On 07/05/2012 02:19 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 10:06 AM, Robert Middleswarth wrote:
>>> > 2) You can not change what interface / IP gluster uses, it will
>>>> always use the ovirtmgmt network. This is a weakness as many people 
>>>> have
>>>> an independent network just for storage and they can't use them with
>>>> 3.1.
>>>
>>> sorry, i don't understand this one - only the management of gluster is
>>> done via this interface. you can define a different logical network in
>>> the cluster for storage, configure ip addresses for them, and define
>>> the mount point that way.
>>> (well, apart from potential bugs on network definitions in 3.1 which
>>> may still exist)
>>>
>>
>> Unless I am missing something if I setup Gluster to use anything other
>> then the ovirtmgmt network then I can't create volumes because the
>> engine uses the ovirtmgmt networks IP's and Gluster doesn't recognize 
>> it.
>
> engine uses ovirtmgmt to create them.
> you can define another network to consume them (assuming you have more 
> than a single nic. otherwise, i'm not sure why it matters).
>
Are you suggesting that I add both Network IP into Gluster.  That would 
work but how would I know what network Gluster would use to sync up with?

Thanks
Robert




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