Category Archives: Virtualisation

OpenStack with Ceph: failing nova snapshots

I have another experience to share with Stackers that use Ceph as their storage backend. In this environment Ceph is used for Glance, Nova and Cinder. I won’t get into configuration details, I assume you’re familiar with this kind of … Continue reading

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OpenStack with Ceph: slow instance boot

This is another article about OpenStack with Ceph as the storage backend. Like my other posts about this topic this is not about how to install and configure your private cloud but it’s more a collection of obstacles you could … Continue reading

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Obstacles for your OpenStack cloud

This short post is for all OpenStack users or administrators who like to use tiny base images to test the functionality of their OpenStack environment. I really like the very small CirrOS image, it allows you to launch instances very … Continue reading

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