Pearl Dsilva created CLOUDSTACK-10454:
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Summary: GSoC Idea 2022 - Bypass Secondary Storage (Direct
Download) on VMware &/or XenServer
Key: CLOUDSTACK-10454
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-10454
Project: CloudStack
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: Template
Reporter: Pearl Dsilva
## Background
The default way of registering / downloading templates in CloudStack involves
caching them on the secondary store and then during VM deployment, the template
is copied to the primary store. However, from ACS version 4.11.1 onward, a
feature was added for KVM hypervisor to enable direct download to primary
store. This massively reduces the usage of secondary store and also quickens
the entire VM deployment process, as there is no need to copy the template from
secondary to primary store.
## Requirement
We would like to propose an idea to extend this feature of direct download of
templates onto primary store for other hypervisors - namely, VMware and
XenServer. This would gravely benefit end-users to efficiently use the
secondary storage and save overall time of VM deployment on the respective
hypervisors
## Relevant Skills:
Java
MySQL
Vue.js
## Difficulty:
175 hours (Only VMware)
350 hours (VMware & XenServer)
## Potential Mentors:
Abhishek Kumar ([abhishek.mr...@gmail.com](mailto:abhishek.mr...@gmail.com))
Pearl Dsilva (pearl1...@gmail.com)
## References
https://www.shapeblue.com/how-to-deploy-templates-without-using-secondary-storage-on-kvm/
https://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-feature-first-look-direct-download-agnostic-of-the-storage-provider/
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Bypass+Secondary+Storage+%28Direct+Download%29+on+KVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwepUTfGiKc
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