[ovirt-users] ovirt-Node + hosted engine question

[Alan Murrell]

Hi All.

As I was perusing my e-mails from this list earlier today one that
caught my attention was one that had to do with ovirt-node and hosted
engine.  It appeared as though it is possible to install hosted engine
on a ovirt-node "host", and indeed, when I installed ovirt-node into a
VirtualBox VM to poke around, there is a "hosted engine" option in the
menu where you can enter a URL for an ISO/pxe source for OS installtion.

I just want to clarify the following questions:

  1.) Is it possible to install ovirt-node, and then install a hosted
engine?
  2.) If the answer to 1.) is "Yes", does it require some sort of
NFS-enabled storage, or can you confgiure local storage on ovirt-node
and install the engine to there?
  3.) Is it possible to create NFS-enabled storage on ovirt-node?
  4.) Can you install the hosted engine onto external NFS storage, then
move/migrate it to local storage on ovirt-node?

I am thinking of a "lab" situation where there is only one server, but
gobs of RAM and storage.  Running ovirt-node as the "host" would require
fewer space resources (not that I would necessarily be hurting for
space, but any extra I could squeeze out would not be unwelcome).

Thanks! :-)

-Alan