Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-06-01 Thread Jens Kristian Søgaard
Hi Jon, OpenNebula version 4.0 has added extra support for Ceph. It is currently out in a release candidate. As you're just starting to build your Just realized that OpenNebula 4.0 has actually been released a few weeks ago! -- Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting ApS, j...@mermaidcon

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-06-01 Thread Jens Kristian Søgaard
Hi Jon, What exactly does it mean when you say CephFS is not "production ready"? To me, this typically indicates a product that still has business crippling bugs. Exactly - it means that you could and probably will stumble upon bugs while running CephFS. I.e. if you haven't got access to s

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-31 Thread Jon
Hello, First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their input. You all have been incredibly helpful in helping me work through my ignorance. What exactly does it mean when you say CephFS is not "production ready"? To me, this typically indicates a product that still has business crippling

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread Dino Yancey
quot; < > bradley.mcnam...@seattle.gov> wrote: > >> Instead of using ext4 for the file system, you need to use a clustered >> file system on the RBD device. >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* ceph-users-boun...@lists.ceph.com [mailto: >> ceph-users-b

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread Jens Kristian Søgaard
Hi, Maybe I'm asking the question wrong because I keep getting the same answer. I think it would be wise if you take a step back and explain what you want to accomplish. If you want to mount a file system on multiple hosts simultaneously, you need a distributed file system such as for exa

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread Jon
Awesome, thanks Florian! I think this is exactly the information I needed. Best Regards, Jon A On May 29, 2013 12:17 PM, "Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner" < f.wiess...@smart-weblications.de> wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Am 29.05.2013 03:24, schrieb Jon: > > Hello, > > > > I would like to mount

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread Jon
...@lists.ceph.com] *On Behalf Of *Jon > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:55 AM > *To:* Igor Laskovy > *Cc:* ceph-users > *Subject:* Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple > hosts > > ** ** > > Hell Igor, > > Thanks for getting back to

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner
Hi Jon, Am 29.05.2013 03:24, schrieb Jon: > Hello, > > I would like to mount a single RBD on multiple hosts to be able to share the > block device. > Is this possible? I understand that it's not possible to share data between > the > different interfaces, e.g. CephFS and RBDs, but I don't see

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread McNamara, Bradley
-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts Hell Igor, Thanks for getting back to me. > > You can map it to multiple hosts, but before doing dd if=/dev/zero > > of=/media/tmp/test you have created file system, right Correct, I can't mount /dev/rbd/rbd/test-dev

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-29 Thread Jon
Hell Igor, Thanks for getting back to me. > > You can map it to multiple hosts, but before doing dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/tmp/test you have created file system, right Correct, I can't mount /dev/rbd/rbd/test-device without first creating a file system on the device. Now, I am creating an ext4

Re: [ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-28 Thread Igor Laskovy
Hi Jon, I already mentioned multiple times here - RBD just a block device. You can map it to multiple hosts, but before doing dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/tmp/test you have created file system, right? This file system MUST be distributed, thus multiple hosts can read and write files on it. On Wed,

[ceph-users] Mounting a shared block device on multiple hosts

2013-05-28 Thread Jon
Hello, I would like to mount a single RBD on multiple hosts to be able to share the block device. Is this possible? I understand that it's not possible to share data between the different interfaces, e.g. CephFS and RBDs, but I don't see anywhere it's declared that sharing an RBD between hosts is