XenServer Backup

DustinB3403

Now if only @olivier would stop hiding all of the critical information we'd all be better off!

olivier

@johnhooks Depends of your XenServer SR type, not related to XO.

LVMoiSCSI: thick provisioned (not for Dundee IIRC)
NFS: thin pro
Local LVM SR: thick pro

stacksofplates

@johnhooks Depends of your XenServer SR type, not related to XO.

LVMoiSCSI: thick provisioned (not for Dundee IIRC)

NFS: thin pro

Local LVM SR: thick pro

Ok so it could potentially be the full size. I just wondered because if you don't have a ton of space you would need to make sure you have enough for the backups to keep those delta drives.

Like if you've got 400GB of space and have a 300GB VM that's nearly full, you might not be able to do the delta backup since it needs to keep that extra 300GB drive. Does that sound correct?

olivier

@johnhooks Sadly yes. That's the usual problem with thick pro storage. That's why NFS is always a good idea for shared SR.

I have to make some test to check how Dundee behave now with Local LVM and LVMoiSCSI.

stacksofplates

@olivier said:

@johnhooks Sadly yes. That's the usual problem with thick pro storage. That's why NFS is always a good idea for shared SR.

I have to make some test to check how Dundee behave now with Local LVM and LVMoiSCSI.

Ok, I just wanted to make sure. Thanks again!!

olivier

You are welcome. Now it's more calm here, just take a preview (draft article, not published yet) about what's coming very soon: https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/p/82d8aaf1-84be-4a81-ab3a-10891bf7d1bb/

stacksofplates

@olivier said:

You are welcome. Now it's more calm here, just take a preview (draft article, not published yet) about what's coming very soon: https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/p/82d8aaf1-84be-4a81-ab3a-10891bf7d1bb/

That's awesome!!

scottalanmiller

@olivier said:

@johnhooks Sadly yes. That's the usual problem with thick pro storage. That's why NFS is always a good idea for shared SR.

Even VMware recommends NFS when it is available.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller But wouldn't that effectively build an IPOD?

Even if you have the best possible NFS solution (in reality)?

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said:

@scottalanmiller But wouldn't that effectively build an IPOD?

Even if you have the best possible NFS solution (in reality)?

No, NFS is no more or less unable to be "unIPODed" than any other connection technology. You just build highly reliable storage. We did NFS on SAM-SD HA for a major medical group in Texas over like 30 miles. NFS can be clustered just like anything else.

DustinB3403

I'm making a new topic as I want to pick your brain on this in the SMB space.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said:

I'm making a new topic as I want to pick your brain on this in the SMB space.

Okay