Re: [Xen-API] RE: Questions about the api

[Julian Chesterfield <julian.chesterfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/10/10 19:42, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > I am writing a SR for Nexenta since I haven't found one and zfs seems
> > pretty good until now.
> >      
> A Nexenta SR would be a very nice thing to have.
>
> I'd recommend exposing raw files over iSCSI, and then using ZFS's native 
> snapshot capabilities to implement the snapshot and clone APIs. Is this your 
> plan?
>    
Actually, if Nexenta exposes the underlying ZFS snapshot and clone 
primitives, then you're probably better off just accessing the raw files 
directly over NFS and then using the ZFS snap API for vdi_snapshot and 
vdi_clone. Is there any performance benefit to using iSCSI instead of 
NFS for the data path layer with Nexenta?
- Julian
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
>
>    
> > My questions are more related to missing(?) api calls.
> > I need to know if I can set the following fields in a VDI for example:
> >
> > Is-a-snapshot - there is a get_is_a_snapshot call but not a
> > set_is_a_snapshot. Same for snapshot-of. Think it's usefull just in case I
> > vdi-forget the snapshot and re introduce it with a scan or in other
> > situations.
> > parent - there is a get_parent but not a set_parent call, this would be
> > nice.
> >
> > Of course I can use sm-config for example, to set a parent but still,
> > since the field is there I would like to set it myself.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Tomoiaga Cristian
> >
> >
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