Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-14 Thread Jay Pipes
On 08/13/2012 07:38 PM, Michael Still wrote: > On 14/08/12 08:54, Jay Pipes wrote: > >> I was *going* to create a random-data table with the same average row >> size as the instances table in Nova to see how long the migration would >> take, and then I realized something... The user_data column is

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Michael Still
On 14/08/12 08:54, Jay Pipes wrote: > I was *going* to create a random-data table with the same average row > size as the instances table in Nova to see how long the migration would > take, and then I realized something... The user_data column is already > of column type MEDIUMTEXT, not TEXT: > >

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Jay Pipes
On 08/13/2012 06:02 PM, Michael Still wrote: > On 14/08/12 01:24, Jay Pipes wrote: > >> Or just set the column to the LONGTEXT type and both MySQL and >> PostgreSQL will be just as happy. > > This is what I was originally aiming at -- will large deployers be angry > if I change this column to lon

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Joshua Harlow
I'm pretty sure its common since its the main way to get data into cloud-init. -Josh On 8/13/12 3:02 PM, "Michael Still" wrote: >On 14/08/12 01:24, Jay Pipes wrote: > >> Or just set the column to the LONGTEXT type and both MySQL and >> PostgreSQL will be just as happy. > >This is what I was ori

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Michael Still
On 14/08/12 01:24, Jay Pipes wrote: > Or just set the column to the LONGTEXT type and both MySQL and > PostgreSQL will be just as happy. This is what I was originally aiming at -- will large deployers be angry if I change this column to longtext? Will the migration be a significant problem for th

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Jay Pipes
nal Message - >>> From: "Michael Still" >>> To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net, openstack-operat...@lists.openstack.org >>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:12:22 AM >>> Subject: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances? >>> >>>

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Jay Pipes
On 08/13/2012 09:12 AM, Dan Prince wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "Michael Still" >> To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net, openstack-operat...@lists.openstack.org >> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:12:22 AM >> Subject: [Openstack] [Nova]

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Stephen Gran
Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:12:22 AM > > Subject: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances? > > > > Greetings. > > > > I'm seeking information about how common user_data is for instances > > in > > nova. Specifically for large deploy

Re: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-13 Thread Dan Prince
- Original Message - > From: "Michael Still" > To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net, openstack-operat...@lists.openstack.org > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:12:22 AM > Subject: [Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances? > > Greetings. >

[Openstack] [Nova] How common is user_data for instances?

2012-08-11 Thread Michael Still
Greetings. I'm seeking information about how common user_data is for instances in nova. Specifically for large deployments (rackspace and HP, here's looking at you). What sort of costs would be associated with changing the data type of the user_data column in the nova database? Bug 1035055 [1] re