Cluster Storage Pools

Services can use volume resources to:

• Abstract the disks and filesystems layout, which are hosting specificities, from the service deployment. A development cluster can for example define pools on a ceph cluster, while a production cluster can define pools on fc arrays.
• Enable service redeployment while retaining the data.

In this case the translation from volumes to disks and filesystems is delegated to the storage pool drivers.

Pools are defined in the node configuration. Each pool is identified by its name (the section suffix). For example, a pool#tank section defines a pool named tank.

The default pool always exist, even if not defined in the node configuration. If not explicitely changed, the default pool driver is directory.

Volumes

• A volume resource drives a volume object, automatically created upon service provisioning if not already existing.
• The volume is hosted in the same namespace than its users.
• If not explicitely set, the volume object name is <consumer name>-vol-<volume resource index>. For example, a svc1 service with a volume#1 resource will create a svc1-vol-1 volume object.
• A volume object can be referenced by multiple services in the same namespace.
• On provision, a service adds itself as a child of the volume objects mapped via volume resources. Due to this parent/child relation, stopping a volume object is delayed until all its consumers are stopped.
• On unprovision, a service removes itself from the children list of the volume objects mapped via volume resources.
• A consumer service instance stop also stops its node-affine volume object instances if the consumer service is the only child of the volume service.
• A consumer service instance start always tries to start its node-affine volume object instances.

Volume Resources Keywords

• volume
  • blocking_post_provision
  • blocking_post_start
  • blocking_post_stop
  • blocking_post_unprovision
  • blocking_pre_provision
  • blocking_pre_start
  • blocking_pre_stop
  • blocking_pre_unprovision
  • comment
  • configs
  • dirperm
  • disable
  • encap
  • group
  • monitor
  • name
  • optional
  • perm
  • pg_blkio_weight
  • pg_cpu_quota
  • pg_cpu_shares
  • pg_cpus
  • pg_mem_limit
  • pg_mem_oom_control
  • pg_mem_swappiness
  • pg_mems
  • pg_vmem_limit
  • post_provision
  • post_start
  • post_stop
  • post_unprovision
  • pre_provision
  • pre_start
  • pre_stop
  • pre_unprovision
  • provision
  • provision_requires
  • restart
  • shared
  • standby
  • start_requires
  • stop_requires
  • subset
  • tags
  • unprovision
  • unprovision_requires
  • user
  • access
  • format
  • pool
  • size
  • type

Access Modes

• roo Read Only Once
• rwo Read Write Once (default)
• rox Read Only from multiple instances
• rwx Read Write from multiple instances

Access Mode to Volume Topology

• ..x access modes imply the volume is configured in a flex topology (active on all service nodes).
• ..o access modes imply the volume is configured in a failover topology (active on only one service node).

Volume Resource Parameter Requirements

• ..x + shared=true format=false requires a shared block storage (SAN array, a rados blockdev gateway, ...)
• ..x + shared=true format=true requires either a shared block storage (SAN array, a rados blockdev gateway, ...) plus a cluster filesystem (gfs2, ocfs, ...), or a distributed cluster filesystem (CephFS, GlusterFS, NAS, ...)

Pool Selector

A volume resource requires a size and capabilities from the pool, via its size, access, shared and format keywords.

If pool is not set explicitely to a pool name, the pool selector will return the available pool matching those criteria with the most free space.

Pool Drivers

directory

Capabilities

rox, rwx, roo, rwo

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a fs.directory resource, with path set to <pool head>/<volume fqdn>.

Keywords

• pool.directory
  • path
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

freenas

Capabilities

roo, rwo, shared, blk, iscsi

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a disk.disk resource named, with name set to <volume fqdn>

If the consumer has format=true (default), the volume object also contains:

• a fs.<pool fs_type> resource, with mnt set to /srv/<volume fqdn>

Keywords

• pool.freenas
  • array
  • blocksize
  • compression
  • diskgroup
  • insecure_tpc
  • sparse
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

loop

Capabilities

rox, rwx, roo, rwo, blk

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a disk.loop resource, with file set to <pool head>/<volume fqdn>.img

If the consumer has format=true (default), the volume object also contains:

• a fs.<pool fs_type> resource, with mnt set to /srv/<volume fqdn>

Keywords

• pool.loop
  • path
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

symmetrix

Capabilities

roo, rwo, shared, blk, fc

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a disk.disk resource named, with name set to <volume fqdn>

If the consumer has format=true (default), the volume object also contains:

• a fs.<pool fs_type> resource, with mnt set to /srv/<volume fqdn>

Keywords

• pool.symmetrix
  • array
  • rdfg
  • slo
  • srdf
  • srp
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

vg

Capabilities

rox, rwx, roo, rwo, blk, snap

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a disk.lv resource, with name set to <volume fqdn>

If the consumer has format=true (default), the volume object also contains:

• a fs.<pool fs_type> resource, with mnt set to /srv/<volume fqdn>

Keywords

• pool.vg
  • name
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

share

Capabilities

rox, rwx, roo, rwo, shared

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a fs.directory resource, with path set to <pool head>/<volume fqdn>.

Keywords

• pool.share
  • path
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

zpool

Capabilities

rox, rwx, roo, rwo, blk, snap

Layout

A volume object from this type of pool contains:

• a fs.zfs resource, with name set to <pool>/<volume fqdn> and mnt set to /srv/<volume fqdn>.

Keywords

• pool.zpool
  • name
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

Virtual Pool Driver

A virtual pool allow administrators to create complex layouts based on volumes from other pools.

A typical use-case in a virtual pool allocating volumes mirrored over two other volumes allocated from arrays on two different sites.

A virtual pool volume is created from a template volume object the administrator can design at wish to meet its specific needs.

Capabilities

Capabilities are user defined.

Keywords

• pool.virtual
  • capabilities
  • template
  • volume_env
  • fs_type
  • mkblk_opt
  • mkfs_opt
  • mnt_opt

Pool Commands

Pool list

# om pool ls
default
freenas
mpool

Pool Status

# om pool status
name        type       caps                      head                             vols  size   used   free
|- default  directory  rox,rwx,roo,rwo           /opt/opensvc/var/pool/directory  0     29.0g  3.57g  24.0g
|- freenas  freenas    roo,rwo,shared,blk,iscsi  array://freenas/osvcdata         6     195g   9.37g  185g
`- mpool    virtual    roo,rox,rwo,rwx,shared    templates/mpool                  1     -      -      -

Examples

loop pool

Pool configuration

om cluster set \
        --kw pool#loop.type=loop \
        --kw pool#loop.path=/bigfs \
        --kw "pool#loop.mkfs_opt=-n ftype=1" \
        --kw pool#loop.fs_type=xfs

[pool#loop]
type = loop
path = /bigfs
mkfs_opt = -n ftype=1
fs_type = xfs

The volume resource in the service

[volume#1]
size = 100m
pool = loop

Resulting configuration of the volume object

[disk#1]
size = 104857600
type = loop
file = /bigfs/<fqdn>.img

[fs#1]
type = xfs
dev = {disk#1.exposed_devs[0]}
mnt = /srv/<fqdn>
mkfs_opt = -n ftype=1

zfs pool

Pool configuration

om cluster set \
        --kw pool#tank.type=zpool \
        --kw pool#tank.name=tank \
        --kw "pool#tank.mkfs_opt=-o mountpoint=legacy -o dedup=on -o compression=on"

[pool#tank]
type = zpool
name = tank
mkfs_opt = -o mountpoint=legacy -o dedup=on -o compression=on

The volume resource in the service

[volume#1]
size = 100m
pool = tank

Resulting configuration of the volume object

[fs#1]
type = zfs
dev = tank/<fqdn>
mnt = /srv/<fqdn>
mkfs_opt = -o mountpoint=legacy -o dedup=on -o compression=on

virtual pool, mirrored zpool over 2 SAN disks

Pools configuration

om cluster set \
        --kw pool#freenas1.type=array \
        --kw pool#freenas1.array=freenas1 \
        --kw pool#freenas1.sparse=true \
        --kw pool#freenas1.diskgroup=cluster1 \
        --kw pool#freenas2.type=array \
        --kw pool#freenas2.array=freenas2 \
        --kw pool#freenas2.sparse=true \
        --kw pool#freenas2.diskgroup=cluster1 \
        --kw pool#mpool.type=virtual \
        --kw pool#mpool.template=templates/mpool \
        --kw "pool#mpool.capabilities=rox rwx roo rwo shared"

[pool#freenas1]
type = array
array = freenas1
diskgroup = cluster1
sparse = true

[pool#freenas2]
type = array
array = freenas2
diskgroup = cluster1
sparse = true

[pool#mpool]
type = virtual
template = templates/mpool
capabilities = rox rwx roo rwo shared

The volume object template referenced by the vpool

[DEFAULT]
kind = vol
nodes = *
disable = true

[disk#1]
name = {namespace}-{svcname}
type = zpool
vdev = mirror {volume#1.exposed_devs[0]} {volume#2.exposed_devs[0]}
shared = true

[fs#1]
dev = {disk#1.name}
mnt = /srv/{namespace}/{svcname}
type = zfs
shared = true

[fs#2]
dev = {disk#1.name}/data
mnt = {fs#1.mnt}/data
type = zfs
shared = true

[fs#3]
dev = {disk#1.name}/log
mnt = {fs#1.mnt}/log
type = zfs
shared = true

[volume#1]
format = false
name = {svcname}-1
pool = freenas1
size = {env.size}
shared = true

[volume#2]
format = false
name = {svcname}-2
pool = freenas2
size = {env.size}
shared = true

virtual pool, mirrored lv over 2 SAN disks

Pools configuration

om cluster set \
        --kw pool#freenas1.type=array \
        --kw pool#freenas1.array=freenas1 \
        --kw pool#freenas1.sparse=true \
        --kw pool#freenas1.diskgroup=cluster1 \
        --kw pool#freenas2.type=array \
        --kw pool#freenas2.array=freenas2 \
        --kw pool#freenas2.sparse=true \
        --kw pool#freenas2.diskgroup=cluster1 \
        --kw pool#mvg.type=virtual \
        --kw pool#mvg.template=templates/mvg \
        --kw "pool#mvg.capabilities=rox rwx roo rwo shared"

[pool#freenas1]
type = array
array = freenas1
diskgroup = cluster1
sparse = true

[pool#freenas2]
type = array
array = freenas2
diskgroup = cluster1
sparse = true

[pool#mvg]
type = virtual
template = templates/mvg
capabilities = rox rwx roo rwo shared

The volume object template referenced by the vpool

[DEFAULT]
kind = vol
nodes = *
disable = true

[volume#1]
shared = true
size = {env.size}
name = {svcname}-1
pool = freenas
format = false

[volume#2]
shared = true
size = {env.size}
name = {svcname}-2
pool = freenas
format = false

[disk#1]
shared = true
type = vg
name = {namespace}-{svcname}
pvs = {volume#1.exposed_devs[0]} {volume#2.exposed_devs[0]}

[fs#1]
shared = true
mnt = /srv/{namespace}/{svcname}
dev = /dev/{disk#1.name}/root
type = ext4
size = 10m
create_options = -m 1
vg = {namespace}-{svcname}

[fs#2]
shared = true
mnt = {fs#1.mnt}/data
dev = /dev/{disk#1.name}/data
type = ext4
size = 60%FREE
create_options = -m 1
vg = {namespace}-{svcname}

[fs#3]
shared = true
mnt = {fs#1.mnt}/log
dev = /dev/{disk#1.name}/log
type = ext4
size = 40%FREE
create_options = -m 1
vg = {namespace}-{svcname}

virtual pool, mirrored md over 2 SAN disks

Pools configuration

om cluster set \
        --kw pool#freenas1.type=array \
        --kw pool#freenas1.array=freenas1 \
        --kw pool#freenas1.sparse=true \
        --kw pool#freenas1.diskgroup=cluster1 \
        --kw pool#freenas2.type=array \
        --kw pool#freenas2.array=freenas2 \
        --kw pool#freenas2.sparse=true \
        --kw pool#freenas2.diskgroup=cluster1 \
        --kw pool#md.type=virtual \
        --kw pool#md.template=templates/md \
        --kw "pool#md.capabilities=rox rwx roo rwo shared"

[pool#freenas1]
type = array
array = freenas1
diskgroup = cluster1
sparse = true

[pool#freenas2]
type = array
array = freenas2
diskgroup = cluster1
sparse = true

[pool#md]
type = virtual
template = templates/md
capabilities = rox rwx roo rwo shared

The volume object template referenced by the vpool

[DEFAULT]
kind = vol
disable = true
nodes = *

[disk#1]
shared = true
devs = {volume#1.exposed_devs[0]} {volume#2.exposed_devs[0]}
type = md
level = raid1

[disk#2]
shared = true
pvs = {disk#1.exposed_devs[0]}
type = vg
name = {namespace}-{svcname}

[fs#1]
vg = {namespace}-{svcname}
mnt = /srv/{namespace}/{svcname}
dev = /dev/{disk#1.name}/root
shared = true
type = ext4
size = 10m

[fs#2]
vg = {namespace}-{svcname}
mnt = {fs#1.mnt}/data
dev = /dev/{disk#1.name}/data
shared = true
type = ext4
size = 60%FREE

[fs#3]
vg = {namespace}-{svcname}
mnt = {fs#1.mnt}/log
dev = /dev/{disk#1.name}/log
shared = true
type = ext4
size = 40%FREE

[volume#2]
shared = true
size = {env.size}
name = {svcname}-2
pool = freenas
format = false

[volume#1]
shared = true
size = {env.size}
name = {svcname}-1
pool = freenas
format = false