I stated following about Stratos at last reply. "but we can say that we do have "Elastic Load Balancing" in Stratos."
No point of arguing further for wording :) On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Nirmal Fernando <[email protected]>wrote: > hmm.., now you are mixing Stratos and Load Balancer. :( Stratos obviously > has auto-scaling capability via Auto-scaler but Load Balancer does not. Our > Load balancer cannot scale itself without Auto-scaler. > > Hence, you can call LB as ELB, only if we put LB + Auto-scaler together, > IMO. > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Nirmal Fernando <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> OK if everyone votes LB. Yes, it may also help understanding the >>>> concepts separately to someone. >>>> >>>> But i think we have not got the point correctly here. >>>> >>>> Elastic load balancing does not mean that "it scales the PaaS". >>>> It means "the load balancing capability is elastic". >>>> >>>> So we may not rename LB, but we can say that we do have "Elastic Load >>>> Balancing" in Stratos. >>>> >>> >>> I don't agree... Did you read the caption (from your reference) I've >>> sent in my other email? >>> >> >> *Elastic Load Balancing automatically scales its request handling >> capacity to meet the demands of application traffic. * >> >> If you read this carefully, it says about "scaling of request handling >> capacity". Stratos has this capability. >> >> *Additionally, Elastic Load Balancing offers integration with Auto >> Scaling to ensure that you have back-end capacity to meet varying levels of >> traffic levels without requiring manual intervention. * >> >> Here it says "*Elastic Load Balancing offers integration with Auto >> Scaling" .* Means, Autoscaling is a separate task, but with integration >> with Autoscaling, it ensures the back-end capability to meet varying level >> of traffic. >> >> Stratos has this capability too. >> >> Do you agree? >> >>> >>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Imesh Gunaratne <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I also agree. I think when we consider the load balancer as a >>>>> stand-alone product it does not handle elasticity. Therefore the better >>>>> term would be LB. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Lakmal Warusawithana <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> my vote also for LB, its only doing load balancing, auto scaler >>>>>> mainly care of elasticity. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Nirmal Fernando < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Not really :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Elastic >>>>>>> Elastic Load Balancing automatically scales its request handling >>>>>>> capacity to meet the demands of application traffic. Additionally, >>>>>>> Elastic >>>>>>> Load Balancing offers integration with Auto Scaling to ensure that you >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> back-end capacity to meet varying levels of traffic levels without >>>>>>> requiring manual intervention. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <[email protected] >>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> $subject. Came across [1]. IMO we should rename our LB to ELB. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [1] http://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Lahiru Sandaruwan >>>>>>>> Software Engineer, >>>>>>>> Platform Technologies, >>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com >>>>>>>> lean.enterprise.middleware >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> email: [email protected] cell: (+94) 773 325 954 >>>>>>>> blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus >>>>>>>> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>>> Nirmal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nirmal Fernando. >>>>>>> PPMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos, >>>>>>> Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Lakmal Warusawithana >>>>>> Software Architect; WSO2 Inc. >>>>>> Mobile : +94714289692 >>>>>> Blog : http://lakmalsview.blogspot.com/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Lahiru Sandaruwan >>>> Software Engineer, >>>> Platform Technologies, >>>> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com >>>> lean.enterprise.middleware >>>> >>>> email: [email protected] cell: (+94) 773 325 954 >>>> blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus >>>> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best Regards, >>> Nirmal >>> >>> Nirmal Fernando. >>> PPMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos, >>> Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc. >>> >>> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Lahiru Sandaruwan >> Software Engineer, >> Platform Technologies, >> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com >> lean.enterprise.middleware >> >> email: [email protected] cell: (+94) 773 325 954 >> blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ >> twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus >> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146 >> >> > > > -- > Best Regards, > Nirmal > > Nirmal Fernando. > PPMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos, > Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc. > > Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/ > -- -- Lahiru Sandaruwan Software Engineer, Platform Technologies, WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com lean.enterprise.middleware email: [email protected] cell: (+94) 773 325 954 blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146
