Roman
2015-May-15 16:01 UTC
[Gluster-users] Debian Jessie (8) qemu-kvm VM and glusterfs as backend storage
Actually its pretty random. Now got installed without any problems using 3.5.3 . don't know what to do. and its only with Debian 8. 2015-05-15 18:53 GMT+03:00 Roman <romeo.r at gmail.com>:> Hey, > > > Seems like the problem exists. > > I've got 4 instances of proxmox. I've started to update glusterfs some day > to the latest (3.5.3) but I've done the server side and forgot about client > side. One of proxmox instances was replaced today and installed the 3.5.3 > client. So the problem is between 3.5.3 server and 3.5.3 client. then I've > updated glusterfs on other proxmox node and had same problem with d8 > install. > > There is just no go with debian 8 install and qcow file format. If I use > raw file format for kvm, installation takes ages. > > Need fix asap, as this is you stable gluster version... we are running > this on in production. > > 2015-05-15 16:18 GMT+03:00 Roman <romeo.r at gmail.com>: > >> Hi, >> >> Are there any issues with debian8 and glusterfs? >> >> >> Got this setup: >> 1. promox 3.4 >> 2. gluster 3.5.3 both server and client (I use gluster repo on proxmox >> server) >> 3. HA gluster volume >> >> What I'm trying to do: >> task: create a VM with debian 8, using glusterfs HA volume over 1G >> network as a place for VM disk file >> result: >> a) using raw file format - installation process takes ages (6 hours), but >> when finished, VM looks weird: packages installations go slowly (downloads >> fast, but installs slow). Same time getting files over internet gives me >> usual speed (around 96MB/s, yes, I'm on 1G connection) >> b) Using qcow format installation process randomly stops at random step: >> getting packages from the repository or installing packages after >> donwnloaded them ... >> >> c) If i convert VM with RAW file format to template and then create a VM >> using this template, but selecting qcow format, VM runs smoothly. >> >> Meanwhile, there are lots of VMs on the same gluster storage (debian7, >> centos6, ubuntu) running without any problems. >> >> I've started topic on proxmox forum, but devs saying, it should be upto >> glusterfs :( >> >> Any advice or experiences? >> >> >> PS >> installing deb8 on local storage goes well, without any problems. >> installing deb7 on the same setup (same VM even, just another virtual >> driver) is ok. >> -- >> Best regards, >> Roman. >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Roman. >-- Best regards, Roman. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20150515/988691ce/attachment.html>
Joe Julian
2015-May-15 16:35 UTC
[Gluster-users] Debian Jessie (8) qemu-kvm VM and glusterfs as backend storage
It sounds like a network problem to me. Verify with iperf between your client and each server. On 05/15/2015 09:01 AM, Roman wrote:> Actually its pretty random. Now got installed without any problems > using 3.5.3 . > don't know what to do. and its only with Debian 8. > > 2015-05-15 18:53 GMT+03:00 Roman <romeo.r at gmail.com > <mailto:romeo.r at gmail.com>>: > > Hey, > > > Seems like the problem exists. > > I've got 4 instances of proxmox. I've started to update glusterfs > some day to the latest (3.5.3) but I've done the server side and > forgot about client side. One of proxmox instances was replaced > today and installed the 3.5.3 client. So the problem is between > 3.5.3 server and 3.5.3 client. then I've updated glusterfs on > other proxmox node and had same problem with d8 install. > > There is just no go with debian 8 install and qcow file format. If > I use raw file format for kvm, installation takes ages. > > Need fix asap, as this is you stable gluster version... we are > running this on in production. > > 2015-05-15 16:18 GMT+03:00 Roman <romeo.r at gmail.com > <mailto:romeo.r at gmail.com>>: > > Hi, > > Are there any issues with debian8 and glusterfs? > > > Got this setup: > 1. promox 3.4 > 2. gluster 3.5.3 both server and client (I use gluster repo on > proxmox server) > 3. HA gluster volume > > What I'm trying to do: > task: create a VM with debian 8, using glusterfs HA volume > over 1G network as a place for VM disk file > result: > a) using raw file format - installation process takes ages (6 > hours), but when finished, VM looks weird: packages > installations go slowly (downloads fast, but installs slow). > Same time getting files over internet gives me usual speed > (around 96MB/s, yes, I'm on 1G connection) > b) Using qcow format installation process randomly stops at > random step: getting packages from the repository or > installing packages after donwnloaded them ... > > c) If i convert VM with RAW file format to template and then > create a VM using this template, but selecting qcow format, VM > runs smoothly. > > Meanwhile, there are lots of VMs on the same gluster storage > (debian7, centos6, ubuntu) running without any problems. > > I've started topic on proxmox forum, but devs saying, it > should be upto glusterfs :( > > Any advice or experiences? > > > PS > installing deb8 on local storage goes well, without any problems. > installing deb7 on the same setup (same VM even, just another > virtual driver) is ok. > -- > Best regards, > Roman. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Roman. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Roman. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20150515/41f11a14/attachment.html>