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

Joe Julian joe at julianfamily.org
Fri May 15 16:35:31 UTC 2015


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.
>
>
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