CentOS virt - Jan 2011 - OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

Hi all,

  I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server under 
CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage machine 
needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the host 
where is installed.

  This is due to the limitations of hardware I have available. Both hosts needs
to
server several machines.

  It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the least resources 
possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual machines minimum, 
including this storage server as a virtual machine).

  What can be better solution: CentOS, NexentaStor, openfiler ...??

  Many thaks.

-- 
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

My recomendation: Freenas...
It?s a lightweight NAS with freebsd and work very well...
I had installed 4 VM with KVM on CentOS 5.5.
This Freenas VM server iSCSI storage to 4 VM with Windows 2008 R2
Cluster FailOver solution...
 I installed Freenas ?cause I was needed iSCSI with Persistent
Reservation on it in order to deploy Cluster FailOver on MS WIndows
2008 R2...

I hope this can help you too...

Regards

2011/1/28 carlopmart <carlopmart at gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> ?I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server
under
> CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage
machine
> needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the
host
> where is installed.
>
> ?This is due to the limitations of hardware I have available. Both hosts
needs to
> server several machines.
>
> ?It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the least resources
> possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual machines
minimum,
> including this storage server as a virtual machine).
>
> ?What can be better solution: CentOS, NexentaStor, openfiler ...??
>
> ?Many thaks.
>
> --
> CL Martinez
> carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com
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-- 
Gilberto Nunes

> I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server
under CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware).

Back when I started using virtual machines, I used guests to share large
storage.

Eventually, I found it was better to let the host do the sharing of storage,
and let the guests connect to it.

Seems more efficient that way, as well as helping to facilitate backups and
maintenance.