Minor correction - This feature is being considered for VMware also.. -----Original Message----- From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemne...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:03 PM To: Mike Tutkowski Cc: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Edison Su Subject: Re: Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 Feature)
exactly, as root volumes AND data disks. another user ask/story being, doing this over a dedicated storage network. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > wrote: > When you say, "expose luns to vm's," do you mean attach disks based on > iSCSI targets to VMs? I can see that as a possible use case for > zone-wide iSCSI Primary Storage. > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ahmad Emneina <aemne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i've seen the request to expose luns to vm's which would more or less >> be zone wide primary storage. as far as it being something people >> would do in real life is another question. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mike Tutkowski < >> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >> > wrote: >> >> > Well, I'm trying to think if it would be beneficial for my use >> > case. :) >> > >> > So, it looks like I'll be presenting at a CloudStack Meetup in CA >> > on >> April >> > 3rd. I was hoping to get my plug-in done a week or so before then >> > and >> then >> > show people how to build one. Any chance you might have a little >> > time >> to >> > respond back to that e-mail I sent a couple days about about >> implementing >> > plug-in methods? Any help with that is greatly appreciated! :) >> > >> > Thanks!! >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Xenserver and vmware doesn't support zone wide primary storage, >> > currently, >> > > this feature is only for NFS/Ceph in KVM. And I think it should >> > > be >> useful >> > > for your storage box? I am thinking per data volume per LUN for >> > xenserver. >> > > **** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > *From:* Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] >> > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:47 PM >> > > *To:* cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> > > *Cc:* Edison Su >> > > *Subject:* Question about Zone-wide Primary Storage (4.2 >> > > Feature)**** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > Hi,**** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > It looks like in 4.2 we can assign Primary Storage to be not only >> > > for >> a >> > > single Cluster, but Zone-wide (or specific to a Host).**** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > I'm wondering how Zone-wide Primary Storage works for iSCSI.**** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > For example, in 4.1 when you create a Primary Storage based on >> > > iSCSI >> and >> > > specify, say, a XenServer Cluster, CloudStack creates a Shared >> > > Storage Repository for that Cluster based on the iSCSI >> > > target.**** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > How will this work with Zone-wide iSCSI-based Primary Storage? >> > > If you have, say, two XenServer Clusters, which one will >> > > CloudStack create >> the >> > > Shared Storage Repository on? What if one Cluster is VMware and >> another >> > is >> > > XenServer, etc.?**** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > Thanks! >> > > **** >> > > >> > > ** ** >> > > >> > > -- >> > > *Mike Tutkowski***** >> > > >> > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.***** >> > > >> > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com**** >> > > >> > > o: 303.746.7302**** >> > > >> > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud< >> > http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >> > > *(tm)***** >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Mike Tutkowski* >> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >> > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >> > o: 303.746.7302 >> > Advancing the way the world uses the >> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >> > *(tm)* >> > >> > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)* >
