[Gluster-users] Gluster cluster questions

[Volker Dormeyer]

Thank you Aravinda! I think I will try it.


On 8/19/20 6:06 PM, Aravinda VK wrote:
> Hi Volker,
>
>> On 19-Aug-2020, at 8:32 PM, Volker Dormeyer <vd at d7informatics.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Aravinda,
>>
>> Thank you!!
>>
>> On 8/19/20 1:47 PM, Aravinda VK wrote:
>>
>>> https://kadalu.io can be used as alternative to Heketi to use
>>> GlusterFS with Kubernetes. Create two Storage pools one with SSD and
>>> another with HDD, and create Storage class to use these pools.
>>>
>>> https://kadalu.io/docs/k8s-storage/latest/storage-classes
>> This sounds promising! I read through the documentation. A few questions
>> came up:
>>
>> 1. I need Kubernetes on the storage cluster? Right? This would be a good
>> thing.
>>
> `kubectl kadalu install` will install all pods which are required to run GlusterFS server and Client. Kadalu also supports external GlusterFS outside Kubernetes.
>
>> 2. Which components are required on the client Cluster? I mean the
>> Kubernetes Clusters which make use of the storage cluster? At least a
>> client to mount the storage would be required.
> Kadalu csi pods includes GlusterFS client bits, CSI node plugin will automatically mounts the PV when when application Pod starts.
>
>> 3. How far is the ARM64 implementation? 
>>
>> This is from the github site:
>>
>> The release versions and 'latest' versions are not yet ARM ready! But we
>> have an image for |linux/arm64|,|linux/arm/v7| platform support!
>>
> Our recent tests showing very promising results, hope the upcoming release will have latest images with Arm support. Feel free to open issues/RFE here
> https://github.com/kadalu/kadalu/issues
>
>> Best Regards,
>> Volker
>>
> Aravinda Vishwanathapura
> https://kadalu.io
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