Use Direct Attached Storage (JBOD)

This topic describes how to configure the DAS-JBOD as the block storage backend provider for the Storage Controller (SC).Prerequisites

  • Successful completion of all the install sections prior to this section.

  • The SC must be installed, registered, and running.

  • Direct Attached Storage requires that have enough space for locally cached snapshots.

  • You must execute the steps below as a administrator. To configure DAS-JBOD block storage for the zone, run the following commands on the CLC Configure the SC to use the Direct Attached Storage for EBS.

    euctl ZONE.storage.blockstoragemanager=das

The output of the command should be similar to:

one.storage.blockstoragemanager=das

Verify that the property value is now: ‘das’

euctl ZONE.storage.blockstoragemanager

Set the DAS device name property. The device name can be either a raw device (/dev/sdX, for example), or the name of an existing Linux LVM volume group.

euctl ZONE.storage.dasdevice=DEVICE_NAME

For example:

euctl one.storage.dasdevice=/dev/sdb

Your DAS-JBOD backend is now ready to use with Eucalyptus .