Just want to throw our experience with this topic. We use PetaSAN. Its a ceph based storage that includes NFS and iSCSI gateways... Running on three nodes and all administered via a gui. No issues and using RBD (ceph) as primary storage. PetaSAN is open source as well.
Alex On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM Nischal P <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Paketix, > > In addition to all that you have mentioned, have you tried DRBD+Linstor( > Open source) Storage solutions, best for HCI setups, also works for non HCI > setups too. > > > Thanks & Regards > Nischal > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM Paketix <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am new to CloudStack and could need some help/advise regarding which > > technology to use to implement my shared storage (primary storage). > > Having some FibreChannel stuff in the lab this could work well. > > ... but I am concerned that this is not the direction CloudStack is > > developing into. > > So: > > - NFS > > - iSCSI > > - Ceph > > ... would be the choices regarding the docs. > > Not sure if iSCSI would fit for shared storage as I do not see it in the > > list of protocols supported for primary storage in GUI. > > What is the most future-proof solution to choose for primary storage? > > I want to stay on the main-path CloudStack is going to, so I can use new > > features coming out in the next months and not being blocked by 'sorry, > > not supported for your protocol' > > > > >
