Fully agree with the prefix for the cell... there should be storage-cells and compute-cells with different goals in terms of data locality and availability, zone has become too overloaded...
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: openstack-bounces+tim.bell=cern...@lists.launchpad.net > [mailto:openstack-bounces+tim.bell=cern...@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf > Of Mark Washenberger > Sent: 19 February 2012 19:54 > To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Remove Zones code - FFE > > > Remember that for many deployments, the entire system will be a > > single "zone", so whatever term is used should make sense in a > > singular sense. That rules out names such as 'slice' or 'fragment'. > > I think this is a slightly outdated concept of zones. > > The key to scalability in nova is to divide the set of all compute nodes into > subsets, each with its own messaging and database infrastructure. The > granularity of everything else (scheduling, api, volume, network, what-have- > you) is just an implementation or deployment detail that should be flexible > depending on our ultimate implementation and any alternative strategies we > expose to deployers. > > With this in mind it's still true that the smallest deployment would be likely > include just one compute zone (or compute cell, as we are trending). But > that is a far cry from the whole system even in a small deployment. > > For this reason, whatever name we choose I would hope we prefix it with > "compute-" (i.e. compute-zone or compute-cell) so that we aren't letting > language trick us out of some of our better implementation options, such as > allowing deployers to scale compute, volume, network, and api resources > separately. > > "Ed Leafe" <ed.le...@rackspace.com> said: > > > On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Nathanael Burton wrote: > > > >> Sectors remind me too much of disks. > > > > Agreed. > > > >> How about? Layers, Slices, Fragments, Knots... > > > > Remember that for many deployments, the entire system will be a > > single "zone", so whatever term is used should make sense in a > > singular sense. That rules out names such as 'slice' or 'fragment'. > > > > 'Knot'? In what sense can 'knot' be used? > > > > I still prefer 'cell'. The parallel to single celled / multi-cellular > > life forms makes sense, and there is really no overloading of the word > > in the world of computers. > > > > > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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