Only one person replied about Linstor. Are not many people using it for Cloudstack that are on the mailing lists?
Regards, Marty From: Nischal P <nischalnisc...@gmail.com> Date: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: Re: Move from XCP to KVM, NFS to Ceph or Linstor WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Marty KVM with Linstor is good, if you want to try cloudstack appliance by Linbit here is the link https://atpscan.global.hornetsecurity.com?d=uO6Qta_yoeN_rnm2SM6A1PrirUo5v2JWTm4qNgjN_f0&f=hcJmcptMN_mwHD_cFFHcqKxiE1SmP_bKr4gDNkNPGD7aJdfSK5ksVfYHg5z2Do-j&i=&k=8mk4&m=_wfS-INMFh225AhA8sZ1lsdSnmbpy3VtVtfoyJvxvlZ8nQWiR9ttwWa4IkFYXHGxZf71N1AIEHAUjPQ75dQ_PzdIZ-Mz977nm9wgvoJSMp6uGX-OYVobsZ3jC_EgioTM&n=_P0bDnQ0YBaAZ2sSVJrxRb8MUaJT5gt7-63t30jYW-4amTviruWGrziQA1b7T2v_T-LPzoQCotzBlamlChGt0g&r=flsMndI1rSLsKwciS1wusQ4IYy1NTimUNJMX2YylUsD0utSJsk2mpKf91f3EQoX_&s=96639e939fac1d1d65d539688bce0729f9d2decf78b7e8defd88e014048e5212&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinks.linbit.com%2Fcs-hci-latest-iso This appliance needs 3 VMs and it would setup cloudstack and linstor together You could read about it https://atpscan.global.hornetsecurity.com?d=yrmO7dmGrIpxTDWBtL9i8svKoeOFWysYu7GVs1oY4Ig&f=yAhoXYIkqVFpzCR4ImHH74GTFUVTdbE92ENTTuL_nHxjZK9eMCDJCVJQJHou68HE&i=&k=f45B&m=6PA4Ur4rCrV71Mqu_xeqgUGQQwaGvrtAJi33v1JNn4hCMiaUJ21BizhiwnIKubn9mR9BUD11ZN9wR3-0yRpy2hFexT5eXeAQ1xG-DKfDKKXAXwis-f3AgmiRX6o3MO_Q&n=YVjOT7cVnVIT6zeplck0l-Guvdhgcipc06pDvLlP4dVpagKfz7bnrM6b07imcHhwlzMX07ca59viBWG06vVN7w&r=K3o3YJKlETQAkSnwAC_9LCrsDLr-W5snVrmgE5aBuN6FOIN4LlmcOmtgT4Z-GSjk&s=8c569d2938d620282660a1218293d834ef4f5ee9d0a71239438fb83b57b95f23&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinbit.com%2Fblog%2Fready-made-cloudstack-deployment-on-hyperconverged-infrastructure-with-sds-ha-and-dr-capabilities%2F 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 >
