No, each host would add their storage. What David is saying, you shouldn't create the host presenting the 10 SSDs seperately, you'll want to create a RAID group and present that through Xenserver, then CloudStack will pick it up as the SR.
Regards, Kirk Jantzer http://about.met/kirkjantzer On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Travis Graham <t...@tgraham.us> wrote: > Just to clarify... > > We are just starting to get a CS 4.1.1 install up and working. We have our > management server and two XenServer 6.1 hosts. > > If we create local storage SR's for each XenServer CloudStack will only > recognize one of those local storage pools? We can't add the second storage > pool and CloudStack will use the correct local storage for the host it's > spinning a VM up on? > > Thanks, > Travis > > On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:49 PM, David Ortiz <dpor...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > One thing to be aware of with the local storage, is that CS will only > recognize one local storage pool. So where you have 10 x 512 GB disks, you > will need to make all of the disks you would like to use for CS primary > storage one logical disk. > > > >> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:15:44 -0400 > >> Subject: Re: Storage options for new Cloudstack setup. > >> From: kirk.jant...@gmail.com > >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> > >> The hosts would be in a cluster, but their storage is local to the host. > >> I'm not aware of anything in cloudstack yet (storage migration is slated > >> for future versions) that would make it aware of replication done on the > >> host level. People are experimenting with Ceph for primary storage, but > I > >> don't know all the details on what is/isn't possible with that. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Kirk Jantzer > >> http://about.me/kirkjantzer > >> On Aug 16, 2013 6:04 PM, "Tyler Wilson" <k...@linuxdigital.net> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello Kirk, > >>> > >>> While I do agree with the Live migration issue I do think If you have > >>> multiple hosts couldnt you replicate the data and establish HA via load > >>> balancing. Am I correct in thinking this? Would these specs be > considered > >>> one 'pod' or a single 'cluster'? > >>> > >>> Thanks again for you help. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Kirk Jantzer <kirk.jant...@gmail.com > >>>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'd wait for the experts to reply, but off the top of my head in the > >>>> current versions (4.x), you'd lose the ability to live migrate > instances > >>>> and offer HA service offerings. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Kirk Jantzer > >>>> http://about.me/kirkjantzer > >>>> On Aug 16, 2013 5:49 PM, "Tyler Wilson" <k...@linuxdigital.net> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello Kirk, > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for the reply, will any features be disabled/unavailable with > >>> this > >>>>> method? > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Kirk Jantzer < > kirk.jant...@gmail.com > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> With the specs provided, you'll want to create a zone with local > >>>> storage > >>>>>> enabled (as well as change the global setting that allows system vms > >>> to > >>>>> be > >>>>>> placed on primary storage). That way, when you add hosts, their > local > >>>>> disks > >>>>>> will be added as primary storage. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Kirk Jantzer > >>>>>> http://about.me/kirkjantzer > >>>>>> On Aug 16, 2013 3:57 PM, "Tyler Wilson" <k...@linuxdigital.net> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Greetings All, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We are looking into setting up Cloudstack for one of our new racks > >>>> and > >>>>> I > >>>>>> am > >>>>>>> trying to get a picture of our options for storage; > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 1. Can we use primary storage with the specs below? It seems > >>> primary > >>>>>>> storage is meant for single, dedicated storage boxes (SAN, NFS) > >>> that > >>>>>> don't > >>>>>>> house VM's as well (which is our goal). > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 3x Dual E5-2620, 256 GB RAM, 10x512 GB SSD (2x10gbps) (Hosts) > >>>>>>> 1x E5-2620, 64 GB RAM, 5x512 GB SSD (1gbps) (Possibly management > >>>>> server) > >>>>>>> 1x Dual E5-2620, 64 GB RAM, 8x1 TB SATA3 (1gbps) (possibly > >>>>>> backup/secondary > >>>>>>> storage server) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 2. If so, how/what do we need to do to set this up? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks for your help! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > >
