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How is storage handled?
#1March 25, 2011 12:37:27
- Scott Ocken
- Registered: 2011-03-25
- Posts: 1
How is storage handled?
Does Nimbula have a clustered storage solution built in? Or do you have to use something external to Nimbula?
Can you just add a Node with a bunch of storage and mark it as a storage Node, that way you have clustered storage?
Can you just add a Node with a bunch of storage and mark it as a storage Node, that way you have clustered storage?
#2March 25, 2011 21:18:07
- Jeremy Bar
- Registered: 2011-01-05
- Posts: 30
How is storage handled?
Does Nimbula have a clustered storage solution built in? Or do you have to use something external to Nimbula?
We have a clustered storage solution to hold the machine image templates. At the moment, the run-time virtual disk image is copied from this clustered storage, placed on the local disk of the host node where the VM instance is run, and is discarded when the VM instance is powered off. We behave similarly to v1.0 of other public cloud providers.
Can you just add a Node with a bunch of storage and mark it as a storage Node, that way you have clustered storage?
All Nimbula Nodes run the exact same software, but some are elected as the distributed filesystem master or slaves. In other words, the goal is to have this election process automatic in case the failure of the master or slave node.
Jeremy