[PVE-User] iSCSI mounting local directory

Fri Sep 26 19:11:32 CEST 2014

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Le 26/09/2014 17:40, Luis G. Coralle a écrit :
> What disadvantages can bring the following configuration?
>
> Datacenter-> Storage-> Add-> iSCSI
> Fill the fields ID, Portal, and remove the checkmark Target LUNs
Directly Use
>
> At this point, I have a new Attached SCSI disk device (eg. /dev /sdg)
>
> I create a file system on the new device, such as ext4
> Then I mount the partition to a local directory:
> mount /dev/sdg1 /mnt/iscsi-test/
>
> Then I assign the mount point as storage in the web interface
> Datacenter-> Storage-> Add-> Directory
> Fill the fields ID, Directory, Content
>
> I can then use that to host normally imagnes Storage, iso, backups, etc.

The main disadvantage is that you cannot share that storage between
proxmox servers.
So, no migration, no HA, just like a local storage.

If you use LVM above your iSCSI device, then you can share it, the
clusterware and lvm activations will handle that.
As there is no filesystem involved, no needs for mount / umount.