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Re: [Xen-API] [XCP] Looking to sponsor someone to create a new SR


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  • From: George Shuklin <george.shuklin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:24:29 +0400
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I think, in this case Nexenta (or who produce those storage) may be main
target to ask to implement.

Ð ÐÑÐ, 29/08/2010 Ð 15:16 +0000, Adrian Costin ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Weâre planning on deploying a few servers using XCP and NexentaStor
> for ISCSI based storage. Weâve looked at using the lvmoiscsi model,
> however it doesnât take advantage of all the ZFS features. Also if we
> use the LUNperVDI driver we will have tons of SR (one per VM) which
> will be too complicated to manage, not to mention the fact that
> snapshotting and cloning VDIs will have to be handled manually.
> 
>  
> 
> Nexenta comes with a HTTP based API so I think creating a SR for it
> will be fairly easy. I found the following documentation on creating a
> SR for XCP and the NexentaStor API documentation:
> 
>  
> 
> http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/storage.pdf
> 
> http://www.nexenta.com/static/NexentaStor-API.html
> 
> http://www.nexenta.com/static/NexentaStor-API.html
> 
>  
> 
> Since Iâm only a Python beginner and also donât have a lot of time on
> my hands currently, Iâm wondering if someone would be interested in
> taking on this project and releasing the work as Open Source. I know
> this is not on XCPâs roadmap so we are looking at sponsoring the
> project. We can also provide a test/development environment (XCP
> server and NexentaStor server) for the interested party.
> 
>  
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Adrian Costin
> 
>  
> 
> 
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