Looks great - thank you!
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Mariangela Hills <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Thanks for asking such valuable questions. Your questions together with > the answers given are really helpful to enrich the Apache Stratos wiki > content. > > Based on Lahiru's and Udara's replies to your questions I wrote up a small > description for Partitions [1]. Please note that page [1] is still work in > progress, so I have hidden it in the navigation bar and also that I have > only completed the section with regard to partitions. > > @all - Please let me know whether more information can be added to the > write-up on partitions [1], so that it can be enriched. > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Overview+on+Stratos+Configurations#id-4.0.0OverviewonStratosConfigurations-Partitions > > Regards, > Mariangela > > > > > *--* > Mariangela Hills > Senior Technical Writer > > *WSO2, Inc.*lean.enterprise.middleware. > m: +94 773 500185 > w: http://wso2.com > <http://wso2.com/events/> > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Udara Liyanage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> By defining multiple partitions you can ask Stratos to spawn instances in >> multiple areas(region, zone or rack as Lahiru mentioned). This is needed if >> you need high availability. For instance if you spawn instances in multiple >> availability zones in EC2, your system is still functional even if one >> availability zone is down. >> >> Note that you can define multiple partition groups each having multiple >> partitions under it. >> >> >> >> Touched, not typed. Erroneous words are a feature, not a typo. >> On Mar 28, 2014 10:51 AM, "chris snow" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Lahiru! >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Hi Chris, >>> > >>> > Find my answers, >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:03 PM, chris snow <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I'm working through the wiki user guide [1], and the first step is >>> >> setting up the partitions. There is also a link to a sample partition >>> >> [2]. >>> >> >>> >> However, the is little background inforrmation on partitions, e.g. >>> >> >>> >> - what are partitions? >>> > >>> > >>> > A portion of an IaaS which can be defined by any separation that an >>> IaaS >>> > has. >>> > >>> > E.g. Zone, Rack, etc. >>> > >>> > We have to mention about partition groups here. Partition groups are >>> also >>> > known as "network partitions". As the name implies, this is the an >>> area of >>> > an IaaS that is bound by one network of an IaaS. We can include several >>> > paritions inside a network partition. >>> > >>> > E.g. Region >>> > >>> >> >>> >> - how are partitions used by stratos? >>> > >>> > >>> > We can define partition in stratos to manage the instance count. You >>> can >>> > define min and max for that. We can select to use round-robin or >>> > one-after-another algorithms when scaling happens among several >>> partitions. >>> > >>> >> - how do I design my partitions for my PaaS? >>> >> >>> > >>> > Previous answer had some clues. Your definition point of your PaaS is >>> the >>> > deployment policy. There, you can organize your partitions and >>> partition >>> > groups(network partitions) as you want. >>> > >>> > Let me know if you need further information. >>> > >>> > Thanks. >>> >> >>> >> Shall I raise this as a defect in JIRA? Alternatively, I can update >>> >> the wiki, if someone can email me the answers to the above questions. >>> >> How do I get wiki access? >>> >> >>> >> Many thanks, >>> >> >>> >> Chris >>> >> >>> >> --- >>> >> [1] >>> >> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Configuring+Stratos >>> >> [2] >>> >> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Sample+Partition+Definition >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > -- >>> > 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 >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. >>> http://lnkd.in/cw5k69 >>> >> > -- Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. http://lnkd.in/cw5k69
