Thanks a lot for your answer, Lucian. CEPH sounds like a very interesting solution. I will have to do some more research on that.
-- Mads Nordholm On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Nux! <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mads, > > Imo, if you want that flexibility you should go with non-local storage. > CEPH is a popular choice here, but you will need 10 Gbps between > hypervisors and storage servers if you want reasonable performance. > So, if you need more storage just add more CEPH servers. Need more > compute, add more hypervisors. > > HTH > Lucian > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mads Nordholm" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, 2 March, 2015 17:19:40 > > Subject: Hardware question > > > I am planning a small Cloudstack setup (using KVM for virtualisation) > that > > will allow me to run roughly 100 VPSs with these average requirements: > > > > - 1 core > > - 512 MB RAM > > - 20 GB SSD > > > > I am interested in input regarding a hardware configuration that will > > support this, and how to best build a small setup that will scale easily > as > > I grow. Within a year or so, I expect to have more than 1,000 guest > running. > > > > I basically need a setup that will not completely break the bank as I > start > > out, but also one that will scale well as I grow. I am particularly > > concerned with being able to add only the resources I need. If I need > more > > storage, I want to be able to add only that (preferably just by adding > > disks to a RAID array), and if I need more computing power, I want to be > > able to add only that. > > > > Any input greatly appreciated. > > > > -- > > Mads Nordholm >
