XenServer hyperconverged

olivier

Sounds similar to Atlantis USX.

Roughly the same principle yes (using VMs to make a storage abstraction layer)

olivier

@Kelly Obviously not at first (if you need XOA to bootstrap the SAN, egg/chicken problem), but it could be migrated on it right after it's operational.

dafyre

-- I'll be curious to see how this plays out.

Dashrender

Nice... Definitely interesting.

FATeknollogee

@olivier
Great news. This product keeps getting better!
File level restore, hyperconverged architecture......

Per @scottalanmiller imagine if you could also manage Hyper-V in that same console?

hobbit666

Will be keeping an eye on this will be keen to have a play (when I get two servers spare lol)

FATeknollogee

@olivier Will there be a beta, when is the ETA?

olivier

Probably a beta one day, but it's really to soon to have an ETA. I'm only on preliminary tests stage, so it seems to work, I have to:

find the right settings
make various tests in 2 hosts scenario
reproduce the recipe when it seems OK after tests

Then, the automatisation phase would be a bit tricky, in order to "package" a turnkey thing.

My biggest interrogation now more about speed than resiliency (which seems OK).

But sure, as soon I got a minimal viable product, I'll open a beta.

FATeknollogee

@olivier
Do you plan to support more than a 2 node setup?

olivier

That's very likely, but one step at a time

FATeknollogee

@olivier Totally understand, but, you can't blame a guy for getting excited

olivier

Haha sure

Hope the test would be conclusive. I have no guarantee, I'm exploring.

Imagine if only I had a bigger team

Let's keep up posted!

BRRABill

@olivier said

Imagine if only I had a bigger team

Well at least you have some willing testers here at ML.

scottalanmiller

I'm very interested to learn more about how the storage will be approached.

olivier

@scottalanmiller I have multiple angles of attack, I'm currently benching and establishing pros/cons for each approach.

FATeknollogee

@olivier
I think you should move this "hyperconverged" feature up on the release schedule

olivier

I have file level restore on top right now

FATeknollogee

@olivier said in XenServer hyperconverged:

I have file level restore on top right now

I realize that.
File restore won't be unhappy at occupying the #2 spot, will it? jk

olivier

@FATeknollogee It doesn't work like that.

Playing/exploring a technology is one thing, releasing a minimal viable product is another one. Maybe my exploration will finish by a "it will be better to wait for SmapiV3 in XenServer" verdict.

I set some goals, I'll try to reach them but I can guarantee anything. About the file level restore, our lead dev work on it, not me. So I try to have my "tech time" on this (which is a bit hard considering I'm doing a lot of not technical work)

FATeknollogee

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

Just curious, but what is "SmapiV3 in XenServer"?