В Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:57:05 +0000 "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> пишет: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:20:02AM +0400, Alexander Gordeev wrote: > > В Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:09:31 +0000 > > "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> пишет: > > > > > > It's not a POSIX FS but there is a FUSE client for it that can be > > > > used to access and manipulate images. It's quite high speed but only > > > > when used with O_DIRECT + aio. I tried to setup several KVMs on top of > > > > a Pstorage mount using virt-manager. It worked good, but I had to: > > > > 1. tune cache and IO settings for every disk > > > > 2. disable space allocation by libvirt because it is using sync IO and > > > > is therefore slow > > > > > > > > I tried to find ways to solve the first issue and IMHO this can be > > > > done by adding a way to specify per-pool defaults for cache and IO > > > > settings. I didn't find any way for this in the current code and UI. > > > > I'd like to add a new storage backend also that will be a 'dir' backend > > > > with extra ability to manage Pstorage mount points and UI integration. > > > > I'd like to merge my work to the main tree when it's finished if > > > > possible. > > > > > > I don't think that putting cache/IO defaults in the XML is really > > > appropriate. There are too many different scenarios which want > > > different settings to be able to clearly identify one set of > > > perfect settings. I see this as primarily a documentation problem. > > > Someone needs to write something describing the diferrent settings > > > for each storage pool & what the pros/cons are for each. Downstream > > > app developers can then make decisions about suitable defaults for > > > their use cases > > > > If you are against changes in the XML maybe you are ok with a simpler > > option: I create a storage backend for Pstorage, add two fields for > > cache and io (or maybe just flags) to virStoragePoolTypeInfo and set > > the right values for the new pool type. Then add some code to check > > them to qemuBuildDriveStr (and to other drivers if possible, of course). > > So no changes to XML and API. Is this better? > > No, the hypervisor drivers can only access data that is available via > from the storage drivers via the XML or APIs. As I said before this is > a policy decision for application authors to take, not for libvirt > itself. Ok, I'll do the storage backend then. If you accept it virt-manager (and other clients) probably will be able to distinguish a local directory from a Pstorage mount point. -- Alexander -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list