Hello,
Looking to start up a virtualized setup using CloudStack and would like some feedback / advice as I do some researching. For starting off, was looking to do a single NODE instead of separate NODES for CPU/RAM, Storage. Example: Dell R815 4 x Opteron 16-Core CPUs 256GB RAM 6 x 2TB SSD Drives Perc H700 RAID Centos 7 64 bit Wouldn't that be sufficient enough to get going and just add more, similar nodes down the road seamlessly for additional processing power and RAM? One of my main confusion is how does the primary management server hosting the CS panel, utilize processing power from external additional NODES? I cannot understand how this happens and would appreciate some explanation. >From my understanding, CS basically creates the equivalent of virtual servers (VPS). So in essence, scaling up or down you can offer cloud hosting (ie like shared hosting) and virtual servers. But, to sell equivalent of standalone dedicated servers, how would that work? You cannot offer the client KVM/IPMI, yet how does one prove if the server is virtualized or not, on the client side? If I'm guaranteeing 500GB SSD storage, 4 CPU Cores and 32GB RAM he/she would have no way of knowing if it's cloud based or standalone, am I right or wrong? Thanks in advance for the tips.
