Re: iSCSI and Gluster

Anand Subramanian <ansubram@xxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 06 Mar 2014 03:37:54 +0530



    Hope you have seen this: 
      https://www.gluster.org/2013/12/libgfapi-and-the-linux-target-driver/

      
      Anand

      
      On 03/05/2014 10:58 PM, Carlos Capriotti wrote:

    
      Hi all. Again.
        

        I am still fighting that "VMware esxi cannot use striped
          gluster volumes" thing, and a couple of crazy ideas are coming
          to mind.
        

        One of them is using iSCSI WITH gluster, and esxi
          connecting via iSCSI.
        

        My experience with iSCSI is limited to a couple of FreeNAS
          test installs, and some tuning on FreeNAS and esxi in order to
          implement multipathing, but nothing dead serious.
        

        I remember that after creating a volume and formating it
          (zvol), THEN space was allocated to iSCSI. Makes some sense,
          since iSCIS is a block device, and after it is available, the
          operating system will actually use it. But it is a bit foggy.
        

        I am trying to bypass the present limitation on Gluster,
          which refuses to talk to esxi using a striped volume. 
        

        So, here is the question: anyone here uses gluster and
          iSCSI ? 
        

        Would anyone care to comment on performance of this kind of
          solution, pros and cons ?
        

        Thanks. 
      
      
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