[ovirt-users] separate ovirtmgmt from glusterfs traffic

Demeter Tibor tdemeter at itsmart.hu
Mon Nov 17 08:17:34 EST 2014


Ok, thanks a lot!

Have a nice day,


Tibor



----- Eredeti üzenet -----
> 
> 
> On 17/11/14 15:10, Demeter Tibor wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Thank you for the detailed reply.
> > 
> > Yes, the vms are used an independent network/network interfaces for access
> > the internet.
> > So, in this case I could separate the high glusterfs traffic from ovirt
> > management traffic when I disable "vm" network on ovirtmgmt interface.
> > 
> 
> And since host-level QoS is not yet available in oVirt, you might want
> to configure your switch(es) to limit gluster traffic (by VLAN tag) to
> not "hog" the (presumably shared) network infrastructure.
> 
> > I will try-out this night this feature.
> > 
> > Thanks a lot,
> > 
> > Tibor
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Eredeti üzenet -----
> >> Hi Tibor,
> >>
> >> On 13/11/14 13:41, Demeter Tibor wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have a 3 node gluster based cluster. There are 3x3 Nic with bonding.
> >>> Sometimes the management is very slow because high gluster traffic.
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible to separate ovirtmgmt network from glusterfs traffic?
> >>> I have only one interface (ovirtmgmt) for all of services (migration,
> >>> etc).
> >>> I just wondering I will make three VLANs for these services and use the
> >>> QoS function. But how can specify glusterfs for use an other vlan for
> >>> gluster traffic an a other one for management?
> >>
> >> This generally sounds like a good plan, but note that QoS on the
> >> host-level will only become available in oVirt 3.6 (it might become
> >> available soon on master, if you're feeling lucky...).
> >>
> >> VM-level QoS (available since 3.3) won't help you with "administrative"
> >> traffic (i.e. traffic that isn't going into / coming out of the VMs
> >> themselves).
> >>
> >>> Also, I have more questions about this:
> >>>
> >>> - If I specify a VLAN on ovirtmgmt, then what happend on nodes? I'm
> >>> afraid the nodes will lost the connection with each other nodes.
> >>
> >> If the switch allows this VLAN to reach all hosts, there shouldn't be a
> >> problem; since oVirt 3.4 the VLAN tagging should "propagate" to all
> >> active hosts. However, see my comment below concerning "VM network".
> >>
> >>> - Is it possible on a live system? What will happen with the mounted
> >>> glustefs based datastores?
> >>
> >> I'm not knowledgeable about gluster specifics, but let's see if I can
> >> help. What's the current situation with the gluster network, is it
> >> already VLAN-tagged? If it is and you're not moving it to another
> >> interface on the hosts, I *think* things should be fine.
> >>
> >>> - What does "vm network" mean on ovirtmgmt interface? Can I use this for
> >>> seperate network traffic?
> >>
> >> This means that a bridge is created for this network on hosts. If VMs
> >> don't use this network (i.e. virtual interfaces are assigned profiles of
> >> ovirtmgmt), you can make it non-VM (with no VLAN tagging) and have it
> >> assigned to the same host interface as VLAN-tagged networks (I would say
> >> this is less risky than VLAN-tagging ovirtmgmt).
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> My plan is
> >>> - vlan.101 ovirtmgmt
> >>> - vlan 102 glusterfs
> >>> - vlan 103 migration
> >>> - vlan 104 display
> >>>
> >>> What is the recommended procedure of this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Tibor
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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