On Nov 24, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Andrei Mikhailovsky <and...@arhont.com> wrote:
> Yes, agree! Proper snapshotting is a must and an essential part of the cloud > in my world. Having this feature broken in KVM for many years is a big blow > to CloudStack in my opinion. > > I am already seeing on blogs and mailing lists people switching to OpenStack > because of this problem. Can you send links, I am curious ! thxs > I hate to see people leaving CloudStack as I think it's fantastic project and > a really great community! > > Andrei > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Andrija Panic" <andrija.pa...@gmail.com> >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> Sent: Monday, 24 November, 2014 8:33:56 PM >> Subject: Re: Xenserver and CEPH ? > >> So no CEPH support fot Xen, and no VM snapshot for KVM. > >> So, should I shoot my self with gun or with the pistol, that is the >> question now :) > >> thx folks > >> On 24 November 2014 at 18:01, Adrian Lewis >> <adr...@alsiconsulting.co.uk> >> wrote: > >>> From what I've read there won’t be support for Ceph in Creedence >>> (Xenserver >>> 6.5) but it is on the cards for the following release (as should >>> NFSv4 and >>> a >>> Centos 7 dom0). There's a blog post from Tim Mackey at: >>> >>> http://xenserver.org/discuss-virtualization/virtualization-blog/entry/beyond-creedence-xenserver-2015-planning.html >>> >>> and a Youtube video with a few updates here: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JFUkEfpXaQ >>> >>> All looks promising but I'm impatient :-( >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Andrija Panic [mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: 24 November 2014 15:08 >>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: Xenserver and CEPH ? >>> >>> THx Vadim - yes, I'm already using KVM with ceph for some time - >>> works fine >>> more or less :) thx >>> >>> On 24 November 2014 at 15:52, Vadim Kimlaychuk >>> <vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> XenServer 6.5 (or 7.0) is not released yet. You can download >>>> alpha of >>>> next release and try it, but it is definately not for production. >>>> I >>>> haven't personally tried it because Cloudstack does not support >>>> RBD >>>> storage type for XenServer yet. So you are absolutely right -- >>>> first >>>> we need to wait for XenServer to release then we need to wait for >>>> Cloudstack to implement those changes at backend. >>>> >>>> I have used Ceph with KVM hypervisor for a short while. There >>>> were >>>> some points that I was not aware, but in general it worked well. >>>> >>>> Vadim. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Andrija Panic [mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 4:22 PM >>>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: Xenserver and CEPH ? >>>> >>>> HI Vadim, thanks for info. That is what I understood = but the >>>> new >>>> XenServer 6.5 or whatever the name, shoudl be using kernel 3.10.x >>>> for >>>> dom0, so I guess even after that is supported, we will need to >>>> wait >>>> some time for the CloudStack implementation on this ? >>>> >>>> Thanks anyway >>>> >>>> On 24 November 2014 at 15:00, Vadim Kimlaychuk >>>> <vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Andrija, >>>>> >>>>> For XenServer 6.2 it is not possible yet. Look for supported >>>>> SR-s >>>>> here: >>>>> >>>> http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.2.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#ck >>>> _reference_storage_repository_types >>>>> Somewhere in internet I saw information that RBD support is >>>>> scheduled for the next major XenServer release. Can't find the >>>>> link >>>>> right away. >>>>> The problem connected to Ceph + RBD as primary storage for >>>>> XenServer is old dom0 kernel that does not allow RBD storage >>>>> type. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Vadim. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Andrija Panic [mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com] >>>>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 2:06 PM >>>>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Xenserver and CEPH ? >>>>> >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> >>>>> anyone running ZenServer with CEPH as primary storage ? >>>>> I read some info that there is support for CEPH inside >>>>> XenServer >>>>> from last year - but since I never actually tried this - thus >>>>> the >>>>> question. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Andrija Panić >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Andrija Panić >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Andrija Panić >>> > >> -- > >> Andrija Panić
