I don't personally have experience running PowerFlex arrays, but you can find more information on the integration here:
https://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-feature-first-look-storage-plugin-for-dell-emc-powerflex/ -----Original Message----- From: Leo <szz...@163.com> Sent: 01 December 2024 23:23 To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Cc: Sanjay Kumar <sslinuxp...@gmail.com>; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; us...@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: Best storage solution for public cloud with KVM Hi Alex, I found that ACS supports Dell Powerflex. Is this a good option? I am not sure whether it has been fully tested. Best regards leo ---- Replied Message ---- | From | Alex Mattioli<alex.matti...@shapeblue.com> | Date | 12/2/2024 | 15:16 | To | Sanjay Kumar<sslinuxp...@gmail.com> | Cc | | dev@cloudstack.apache.org<dev@cloudstack.apache.org>, us...@cloudstack.apache.org<us...@cloudstack.apache.org> | | Subject | RE: Best storage solution for public cloud with KVM | Hi Sanjay, I’ve built a rather large ACS Cloud with 13 zones all over the world, most of them use NFS for 95+% of VMs, with the largest running over 10,000 VMs without any issues. It really depends on your use case and which storage array you use. I personally would use NFS as default, unless there’s need for super low latency with very high random IOPS. Cheers Alex From: Sanjay Kumar <sslinuxp...@gmail.com> Sent: 01 December 2024 22:50 To: Alex Mattioli <alex.matti...@shapeblue.com> Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; us...@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: Best storage solution for public cloud with KVM Hi Alex, Thanks for response. If we go with nfs, is there any issue related to performance. Therefore, we are trying to host more then 2000 vms on. Thank you! On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 10:36 AM Alex Mattioli <alex.matti...@shapeblue.com<mailto:alex.matti...@shapeblue.com>> wrote: +1 on what Nux said. Personally I'd go NFS, then CEPH, then local storage as my options. Alex -----Original Message----- From: Nux <n...@li.nux.ro<mailto:n...@li.nux.ro>> Sent: 29 November 2024 00:56 To: us...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:us...@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>; Sanjay Kumar <sslinuxp...@gmail.com<mailto:sslinuxp...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: Best storage solution for public cloud with KVM Sanjay, Ok, so if you are looking for CEPH improvements then there are companies that deal with it, such as 42on, Croit etc - I am sure there are more, perhaps others can complete the list. In terms of commercial offerings, if your thing is distributed and hyperconverged then Storpool or Linstor comes to mind. Last but not least, if you are ok with not having fail over, VMs on local storage (SSD, NVME) are the fastest, so you could offer several tiers of storage I guess to meet most needs. Additionally NFS can still be a great solution if you plan it right and it's easy to do and has very mature support in Cloudstack, it will likely be faster than CEPH in many circumstances. The above is very generic advice and you should do more research before committing to anything. HTH On 2024-11-29 06:36, Sanjay Kumar wrote: Hi Nux, Thanks for the quick response. Currently, we are using RBD with KVM but there is some performance issue with storage side and we are planing to host more than 2000 VMs that's why we are looking stable and reliable solutions for public cloud for KVM. Thank you! On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 4:22 AM Nux <n...@li.nux.ro<mailto:n...@li.nux.ro>> wrote: Depends what you are trying to achieve! There are many options, most of them very good, including local storage. On 2024-11-28 19:04, Sanjay Kumar wrote: Hi All, We are looking for best solution of storage for public cloud with KVM. We need help from cloudstack family to find out best storage solutions. Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you! Thank you! Regards, SK
