Has anyone looked at StorPool? They seem to be doing an OnApp-storage like setup…
Regards,
Frank
> On 17 Jun 2016, at 16:24, Dustin Wright <dwright@untangledtechnology.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for the valuable feedback. I have been considering the same setup
> Jeroen proposed.
>
> I think what most of us want is something like onapp integrated storage. At
> least that is what it sounds like to me.
>
> It would be neat if ACS had a system vm baked in for running ceph, or some
> type of distributed storage. Either VM or object storage. IMO, Running big
> expensive enterprise SAN for your block storage doesn't feel very
> cloud-like.
>
> Dustin
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Stephan Seitz <
> s.seitz@secretresearchfacility.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Independently from cloudstack, I'ld strongly recommend to not use ceph
>> and hypervisors on the very same machines. If you just want to build a
>> POC this is fine, but If you put load on it, you'll see unpredictible
>> behavior (at least on the ceph side) due to heavy I/O demands.
>> Ceph recommends at least 1 Core and 1 GB RAM as a rule of thumb for
>> each OSD.
>> BTW. I also won't run a ceph cluster with only two nodes. Your MON
>> should be able to form a quorum, so you'ld need at least three nodes.
>>
>> If you run a cluster with less than about 6 or 8 nodes, I'ld give
>> gluster a try. I've never tried it myself but I assume this should
>> be usable as "pre-setup" Storage at least with KVM Hosts.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> - Stephan
>>
>>
>>
>> Am Freitag, den 17.06.2016, 13:36 +0200 schrieb Jeroen Keerrel:
>>> Good afternoon from Hamburg, Germany!
>>>
>>> Short question:
>>> Is it feasible to use CloudStack with Ceph on local storage? As in
>>> “hyperconverged”?
>>>
>>> Before ramping up the infrastructure, I’d like to be sure, before
>>> buying new hardware.
>>>
>>> At the moment: 2 Hosts, each 2 6c XEON CPU, 24GB RAM and each have 6
>>> 300GB SAS drives.
>>>
>>> According to CEPH, they advise bigger disks and separate storage
>>> “nodes”.
>>> CloudStack documentation says: Smaller, High RPM disks.
>>>
>>> What would you advise? Buy separate “Storage Nodes” or ramp up the
>>> current nodes?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> Jeroen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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