On 01/28/2011 06:33 PM, James A. Peltier wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> | On 1/28/2011 3:55 AM, carlopmart wrote:
> |> Hi all,
> |>
> |> I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage
> |> server under
> |> CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual
> |> storage machine
> |> needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time
> |> to the host
> |> where is installed.
> |>
> |> This is due to the limitations of hardware I have available. Both
> |> hosts needs to
> |> server several machines.
> |>
> |> It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the least
> |> resources
> |> possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual machines
> |> minimum,
> |> including this storage server as a virtual machine).
> |
> | What's the point of adding an extra virtual layer compared to an nfs
> | or
> | iscsi share from the host (nfs if it is shared, iscsi if it is the VM
> | image store)? This seems like it would be more efficient if you run
> | exsi on the hardware with centos and the others as guests anyway.
> |
> | --
> | Les Mikesell
> | lesmikes...@gmail.com
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> There are some advantages that I can see in that if your hardware dies you
> can migrate the entire host and disks over to another VMWare hosts.
>
> If your NFS host is not H/A a loss of the host would take down the virtual
> machines too. Additionally, virtualization offers the ability to migrate the
> VM and disk to newer hardware somewhat transparently allowing you to take
> advantage of the latest/greatest/buggy tech.
>
> Just my 2c ;)
>
Correct.
--
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com
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