GlusterFS clients work just fine inside virtual machines. Make sure you use vhost_net to get maximum performance to the VM. I was able to push nearly 8 Gbps to the VMs using the kernel level virtio-net driver.
http://lwn.net/Articles/346267/ Shank On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Steven C Timm <t...@fnal.gov> wrote: > I am also thinking about running the head node as a pure KVM VM through > virsh, i.e. outside of OpenNebula.**** > > Do GlusterFS clients work OK inside of virtual machines? How is the > performance? Have heard bits and pieces about**** > > GlusterFS but not seen the full package in operation,.**** > > ** ** > > Steve Timm**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Shankhadeep Shome [mailto:shank15...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:35 PM > *To:* Steven C Timm > *Cc:* users@lists.opennebula.org > *Subject:* Re: [one-users] OpenNebula head node as a virtual machine?**** > > ** ** > > I run the head node as a VM but purely as a KVM vm controlled through > virsh. The back-end storage is glusterfs presented from the hyper-visor > nodes themselves.**** > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Steven C Timm <t...@fnal.gov> wrote:**** > > Has anyone managed to successfully run the OpenNebula head node in > OpenNebula 3.x as a virtual machine in production?**** > > I am interested in doing this for ease of migration and/or failover with > heartbeat/DRBD.**** > > If so, have you done it with a Shared file system such as GFS, and let GFS > be seen by the head node VM.**** > > **** > > Steve Timm**** > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.opennebula.org > http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org**** > > ** ** >
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