jfKVM : Storage

Storage:
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Desc:
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Storage Pools are local and remote disks that store Virtual Machines.

Types:
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Local Partition - local partition (ext4)
NFS - remote NFS file storage (files)
iSCSI - remote iSCSI shared disk block storage (gfs2, ocfs2)
Gluster - local replicated disk block storage

Actions:
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Add = define a new storage pool
Edit = edit storage pool
Browse = view storage pool contents (may register virtual machines in file browser)
Start = start storage pool (iSCSI pools are not auto mounted)
Stop = stop and unmount storage pool
Mount = mount storage pool (only iSCSI pools need to be manually mounted)
Unmount = unmount storage pool (only iSCSI pools need to be manually unmounted)
Format = format local partition or iSCSI pools to ext4 format
 - Local Parition must be off to format
 - iSCSI must be on but unmounted to format

iSCSI: [since 0.5] [chap auth since 0.7]
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iSCSI currently support two shared disk formats that require special setup.
  ocfs2 : (Oracle)
  gfs2 : (Red Hat) (UNTESTED)

Gluster: [since 0.9]
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Gluster is a replicated disk storage pool (vSAN).
  Gluster : (Red Hat)



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