[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] XCP and Gluster
I purchased a CoRaid 12 TB SAN for AOE. We will see how it goes. I would prefer Infiniband for the available bandwidth, but as I am using XCP, I figured I would go with something supported out of the box. I will let the list know how it goes. Scott On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Scott Damron <sdamron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I believe it would be, I really am just trying to avoid using iSCSI >> due to overhead. I also am struggling to understand XCP a bit I >> guess. Is it really just Xen with VSwitch, Vastsky and a few other >> magic bits thrown in, or is it entirely something new that tools you >> would normally use with Xen won't work with? Does it use Vastsky and >> VSwitch by default when you set up some systems, or do you have to >> configure something special to make use of the switching and storage? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Scott > > > > > NFS has much more overhead than iSCSI. It also runs on TCP/IP (which is why > iSCSI has so much overhead), but you have an NFS server and "forgeign" file > system as well. > > Best would be to use AOE (if you can't change to Fibre Optic) and then use > something like ZFS / EXT4 on the Hypervisors > -- > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > SoftDux > > Website: http://www.SoftDux.com > Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com > Office: 087 805 9573 > Cell: 082 554 7532 > _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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