Mapping RBD image to 2 or more servers is the same as a shared storage device (SAN) - so from there on, you could do any clustering you want, based on what Wido said... On 7 May 2014 12:43, Andrei Mikhailovsky <andrei at arhont.com> wrote: > > Wido, would this work if I were to run nfs over two or more servers with > virtual IP? > > I can see what you've suggested working in a one server setup. What about > if you want to have two nfs servers in an active/backup or active/active > setup? > > Thanks > > Andrei > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Wido den Hollander" <wido at 42on.com> > *To: *ceph-users at lists.ceph.com > *Sent: *Wednesday, 7 May, 2014 11:15:39 AM > *Subject: *Re: NFS over CEPH - best practice > > On 05/07/2014 11:46 AM, Andrei Mikhailovsky wrote: > > Hello guys, > > > > I would like to offer NFS service to the XenServer and VMWare > > hypervisors for storing vm images. I am currently running ceph rbd with > > kvm, which is working reasonably well. > > > > What would be the best way of running NFS services over CEPH, so that > > the XenServer and VMWare's vm disk images are stored in ceph storage > > over NFS? > > > > Use kernel RBD, put XFS on it an re-export that with NFS? Would that be > something that works? > > I'd however suggest that you use a recent kernel so that you have a new > version of krbd. For example Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. > > > Many thanks > > > > Andrei > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ceph-users mailing list > > ceph-users at lists.ceph.com > > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > > > > > -- > Wido den Hollander > 42on B.V. > Ceph trainer and consultant > > Phone: +31 (0)20 700 9902 > Skype: contact42on > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users at lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users at lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > > -- Andrija Pani? -------------------------------------- http://admintweets.com -------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ceph.com/pipermail/ceph-users-ceph.com/attachments/20140507/76e92e2c/attachment.htm>
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