Hi Nirmal,

Which release do you plan to add this feature?

Thanks.


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Nirmal Fernando <nirmal070...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Current auto-scaler takes only the 'average' threshold value from a user's
> auto-scaling policy. Then inside the scaling related drools rules it
> calculates an upper bound and a lower bound by multiplying the average
> threshold value by two non-configurable constants.
>
> scaleUp : Boolean() from ((rifReset && (rifPredictedValue >
> rifAverageLimit * *0.8*)) || (mcReset && (mcPredictedValue >
> mcAverageLimit * 0.8)) || (laReset && (laPredictedValue > laAverageLimit *
> 0.8)))
>         scaleDown : Boolean() from ((rifReset && (rifPredictedValue <
> rifAverageLimit ** 0.1*)) && (mcReset && (mcPredictedValue <
> mcAverageLimit * 0.1)) && (laReset && (laPredictedValue < laAverageLimit *
> 0.1)))
>
> IMO this is a limitation and we could make these constants configurable
> via auto-scaling policy.
>
> So, I propose following format to the auto-scaling policy:
>
> {
>   "id": "autoscale-policy-1",
>   "loadThresholds": {
>     "requestsInFlight": {
>       "upperLimit": 30,
>       "lowerLimit": 5
>     },
>     "memoryConsumption": {
>       "upperLimit": 80,
>       "lowerLimit": 50
>     },
>     "loadAverage": {
>       "upperLimit": 100,
>       "lowerLimit": 20
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> Then, we can modify the rule to consider user-defined threshold values
> when taking the scaling decision.
>
> Let me know your thoughts.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Nirmal
>
> Nirmal Fernando.
> PPMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos,
> Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc.
>
> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
>



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