Hi Marty KVM with Linstor is good, if you want to try cloudstack appliance by Linbit here is the link https://links.linbit.com/cs-hci-latest-iso This appliance needs 3 VMs and it would setup cloudstack and linstor together You could read about it https://linbit.com/blog/ready-made-cloudstack-deployment-on-hyperconverged-infrastructure-with-sds-ha-and-dr-capabilities/
Thanks & Regards Nischal On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM Marty Godsey <mar...@rudio.net.invalid> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am evaluating moving our Cloudstack deployments away from XCP to KVM. > Knowledge aside, let’s assume we are competent in both areas and there is > no skill gap. What I am looking for are real-world observations when using > KVM over XCP. > > Here are the reasons we are looking at this: > > Our current cluster is small. We are a new IaaS provider, and we are > running XCP backed by a traditional HA-NAS using NFS. We started evaluating > CEPH, which has been going fine in our lab testing. However, because XCP > does not fully support RBD, we are using multi-path iSCSI gateways. > However, Ceph can be problematic and brings with it its own set of concerns > and challenges. This is where we started looking at Linstor. > > So, my question is, what are the communities' thoughts on comparing these > technologies? XCP on iSCSI backed by Ceph or KVM using Linstor, or maybe > even straight Ceph? > > I understand this is a very big question that can and will have many > factors to consider. I am mainly looking for general thoughts on the > subject, not a deep dive. We are now setting up a small three-node > KVM/Linstor cluster for the POC. > > Thank you for any thoughts you may have on this. > > Regards, > Marty >
