Comments on: Provisioning KVM virtual machines on iSCSI with QNAP + virt-manager (Part 1 of 2) http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/ Writing about photography, open source software, virtualization & more Sun, 13 May 2012 09:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daniel Berrange http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10978 Daniel Berrange Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:40:29 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-10978 According to their website, all their storage arrays support iSCSI: http://www.qnap.com/images/products/comparison/Comparison_NAS.html However, IIRC, in the QNAP forums it was said that the Intel based QNaps perform much better than the Arm based ones. The Intel ones also seem to get more frequent firmware updates. According to their website, all their storage arrays support iSCSI:

http://www.qnap.com/images/products/comparison/Comparison_NAS.html

However, IIRC, in the QNAP forums it was said that the Intel based QNaps perform much better than the Arm based ones. The Intel ones also seem to get more frequent firmware updates.

]]> By: DR http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10912 DR Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:37:25 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-10912 Hi, what model of qnap do you use? does all support iscsi target? thanks Hi,
what model of qnap do you use? does all support iscsi target?
thanks

]]> By: Daniel Berrange http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 Daniel Berrange Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:21:20 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-2387 @jason I'm afraid I don't know enough about the way the QNAP does the NAS expansion over iSCSI to say how those RAID levels interact. Probably best to ask this question on the QNAP forums. @jason I’m afraid I don’t know enough about the way the QNAP does the NAS expansion over iSCSI to say how those RAID levels interact. Probably best to ask this question on the QNAP forums.

]]> By: jason http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 jason Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:42:02 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-2383 hello, i have a 419P set to raid 5 and a 410 set as raid 1. i have set the 419p to use the 410 for extra storage via iscsi. My question is, do i need the raid 1 on the 410 or does the 419p incorporate the 410 disc into its raid. ie if i set the 410 to raid 0 will the discs on the 410 be protected by the raid on the 419p. many thanks jason hello, i have a 419P set to raid 5 and a 410 set as raid 1. i have set the 419p to use the 410 for extra storage via iscsi. My question is, do i need the raid 1 on the 410 or does the 419p incorporate the 410 disc into its raid. ie if i set the 410 to raid 0 will the discs on the 410 be protected by the raid on the 419p.
many thanks
jason

]]> By: Daniel Berrange http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2356 Daniel Berrange Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:14:57 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-2356 The QNAP doesn't care what data is inside a LUN - it just provides the raw block device. So resizing is a multi-step process. Resize the LUN on the QNAP, and then resize any filesystem that's inside it on your client / guest OS. The QNAP doesn’t care what data is inside a LUN – it just provides the raw block device. So resizing is a multi-step process. Resize the LUN on the QNAP, and then resize any filesystem that’s inside it on your client / guest OS.

]]> By: Peter http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Peter Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:47:18 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-2350 Hey. Is it possible to resize a LUN on your QNAP? Does it depend on what's inside the LUN? Fx. LVM, EXT3, BTRFS? Hey. Is it possible to resize a LUN on your QNAP? Does it depend on what’s inside the LUN? Fx. LVM, EXT3, BTRFS?

]]> By: Daniel P. Berrangé » Blog Archive » Provisioning KVM virtual machines on iSCSI the hard way (Part 1 of 2) http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Daniel P. Berrangé » Blog Archive » Provisioning KVM virtual machines on iSCSI the hard way (Part 1 of 2) Wed, 05 May 2010 11:07:29 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-811 [...] previous articles showed how to provision a guest on iSCSI the nice & easy way using a QNAP NAS and [...] [...] previous articles showed how to provision a guest on iSCSI the nice & easy way using a QNAP NAS and [...]

]]> By: Daniel P. Berrangé » Blog Archive » Provisioning KVM virtual machines on iSCSI with QNAP + virt-manager (Part 2 of 2) http://berrange.com/posts/2010/05/04/provisioning-kvm-virtual-machines-on-iscsi-with-qnap-virt-manager-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Daniel P. Berrangé » Blog Archive » Provisioning KVM virtual machines on iSCSI with QNAP + virt-manager (Part 2 of 2) Tue, 04 May 2010 18:32:54 +0000 http://berrange.com/?p=326#comment-803 [...] Part I of this posting, walked through the steps to create a iSCSI target and LUN on a QNAP server. Part II now considers provisioning guests using iSCSI storage from virt-manager. [...] [...] Part I of this posting, walked through the steps to create a iSCSI target and LUN on a QNAP server. Part II now considers provisioning guests using iSCSI storage from virt-manager. [...]

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