[Gluster-users] Debian Jessie (8) qemu-kvm VM and glusterfs as backend storage

[Roman]

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.
>>
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>
> --
> Best regards,
> Roman.
>



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Best regards,
Roman.
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