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Gluster Storage Management

oVirt Workshop - BangaloreoVirt Workshop - BangaloreOctober 2012October 2012

Kanagaraj MayilsamyRedHat

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Introduction

● Management console for Gluster Storage

● Based on oVirt platform

● Create and Manage Storage Clusters● Create / expand / shrink / delete Clusters● Create / expand / shrink / manage Volumes

● Advanced Search capabilities

● Audit and Alerts

● Gluster plugin for VDSM

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Architecture

BrowserBrowser

Engine Engine

Directory Services

Directory Services Storage

Server 1 Storage Server 1

CLICLI

Python SDK

Python SDK

REST

REST

GWT ServletGWT Servlet

api

gwtrpcover https

RESTover https

xmlrpc

VDSM

VDSM

Storage Server 1

Storage Server 1

VDSM

VDSM

Storage Server 1

Storage Server 1

VDSM

VDSM

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Features

● Cluster Management● Create Cluster● Add / Remove Storage Servers● Delete Cluster● Import existing Clusters

● Volume Management● Create Volume● Add / Remove bricks● Start / Stop volume● Delete Volume

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Features contd...

● Optimizing the Volume for Virt Store

● Event Notifications and Alerts

● Gluster Mode & Customized Web UI

● REST api

● Python CLI & SDK support

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Landing

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Creating Cluster

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Adding Host to Cluster

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Creating Volume

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Adding Bricks to Volume

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Searching Volumes

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Expanding/Shrinking Volume

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Events

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REST Api

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Demo

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Upcoming

● Sync with Gluster command line

● Support for creating geo-replicated volumes

● Top and Profiling

● Managing Gluster hooks

● Async Tasks

● UFO

● And lot more...

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How To Contribute

● Git repository

git://gerrit.ovirt.org/ovirt-engine

● IRC Channel● #ovirt on oftc

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Q & AQ & A

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THANK YOU !

http://www.ovirt.orghttp://www.ovirt.orgkmayilsa@redhat.comkmayilsa@redhat.com