On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Christophe TREFOIS < christophe.tref...@uni.lu> wrote:
> Hi, > > When creating a new data center, in oVirt 3.5 there is the options to have > “local” or “shared” storage types. > > Is there any resource out there that explains the difference between the > two? The official doc does not really help there. > > My current understanding is as follows: > > In shared mode, I can create data domains that are shared between hosts in > a same data center, eg NFS, iSCSI etc. > In lcoal mode, I can only create data domains locally, but I can “import” > an existing iSCSI or Export domain to move VMs (with downtime) between data > centers. > > 1. Is this correct or am I missing something here? > local means that the storage domain is local to a single host. Using a local storage domain you loose different capabilities. > 2. What would be the reason to go for a “local” storage type cluster? > It's just if you don't have or for any reason (single host, demo mode...) you don't any any shared storage technologies. It was mainly used in all-in-one mode. > > Thank you very much for helping out a newcomer :) > Kind regards, > > — > Christophe > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >
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