Mike,

Excellent.

Thanks,
-John

On May 31, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> 
wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> I think this is the link you'll need:
> 
> https://reviews.apache.org/r/11479/
> 
> Thanks! :)
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:45 AM, John Burwell <jburw...@basho.com> wrote:
> Mike/Animesh,
> 
> I am happy to review.  However, other $dayjob duties may prevent me from 
> getting to it until Monday.  Has the patch been pushed into Review Board?
> 
> Thanks,
> -John
> 
> On May 31, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Animesh,
>> 
>> Sure, I'd be happy to do that.
>> 
>> Would you like these comments in this e-mail chain, the design doc, and/or 
>> the JIRA ticket?
>> 
>> Also, just to make sure I understand correctly when we refer to 
>> "dependencies" here, the plug-in simply requires the storage-framework 
>> changes that Edison put in place for 4.2. As long as those are in place 
>> (along with the enhancements I made to his storage framework), then the 
>> plug-in will function. There are no additional libraries used by the plug-in 
>> that were not already in use within CloudStack.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Animesh Chaturvedi 
>> <animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com> wrote:
>> Mike don't feel bad it's my fault I think everyone knew you were working on 
>> the plugin actively and I assumed the proposal was already in place.
>> 
>> Can you call out your dependencies on Edison's framework?
>> 
>> John I added as you as reviewers for Mike's contribution, can you pass on 
>> your comments.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Animesh
>> 
>> On May 30, 2013, at 9:09 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > I apologize for being unfamiliar with how I should have gone about getting
>> > consensus for the storage plug-in I developed for 4.2.
>> >
>> > I talked with Animesh and he has asked me to send out this proposal related
>> > to the storage plug-in I built for 4.2 and submitted to Review Board
>> > earlier this week.
>> >
>> > Here is a link to the design document:
>> >
>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Implement+SolidFire+(storage)+plug-in+and+expose+control+of+IOPS+to+admins+and+end+users
>> >
>> > Here is a link to the JIRA ticket:
>> >
>> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-2778
>> >
>> > Here is a link to it on Review Board:
>> >
>> > https://reviews.apache.org/r/11479/
>> >
>> > Here is a high-level summary:
>> >
>> > I have developed a storage plug-in which makes use of the new storage
>> > framework that Edison put in place for the 4.2 release.
>> >
>> > Working with Edison, I have identified a few areas of the storage framework
>> > that needed to be enhanced (and I have done so in the code that I
>> > submitted) for dynamic, zone-wide primary storage to function.
>> >
>> > This storage plug-in is specific to SolidFire (a data-storage company),
>> > whose architecture is designed around Quality of Service. Each volume on
>> > this SAN is assigned a Min, Max, and Burst number of IOPS. The Min is, as
>> > one might expect, a guaranteed number (even in fault conditions) (as long
>> > as the IOPS of the SAN are not over-provisioned).
>> >
>> > Per a discussion several months ago on this list, I have added into the
>> > Disk Offerings Min, Max, and Burst values (all optional). These values
>> > follow the patterns of the Disk Size field in that they can be customized
>> > by the end user (in the Add Volume) if the admin decides to allow this.
>> >
>> > In the end, this feature allows users to create a 1:1 mapping between a
>> > volume on the SAN and a data disk that can be attached to a VM (XenServer
>> > supported...perhaps VMware, depending on time). This allows CloudStack
>> > admins to offer their end users guaranteed IOPS on data disks (eliminating
>> > the Noisy Neighbor effect). The plan is to support root disks in a post-4.2
>> > release.
>> >
>> > Again, I am sorry about my confusion regarding process here. I certainly
>> > appreciate all of the input I have received on the e-mail list over the
>> > past couple months while I was developing this feature.
>> >
>> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > --
>> > *Mike Tutkowski*
>> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
>> > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
>> > o: 303.746.7302
>> > Advancing the way the world uses the
>> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>
>> > *™*
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mike Tutkowski
>> Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.
>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
>> o: 303.746.7302
>> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud™
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Tutkowski
> Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.
> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
> o: 303.746.7302
> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud™

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