On 30/05/14 15:17, Tomas Jelinek wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> in the instance type feature [1] there are two parts, the "instance types" 
> (HW part of the machine) and the "something not sure how to call" (which is 
> basically a disk image with some SW related metadata like OS type). It is 
> inspired by the Amazon's "Instance Type" + "AMI".
> 

Since it's similar to the existing concept of image maybe the two can be
merged; e.g. the existing one could be extended, or another type of
image could be added (I think there are quite a few already).

If not, then how about "Payload"? "VM Payload"? I'm thinking of instance
type as a container, and this would be what goes inside the container.

> Currently, the handling of the HW part is merged upstream (some small parts 
> missing but mostly there) but the software part is not. I'd like to start 
> implementing it and wanted to ask the community how to call it. Normally it 
> would be called "image", but since we already have images in oVirt it would 
> be confusing.
> 
> I see this options how to call it, please feel free to comment on them, vote 
> for some or propose a new name (please keep in mind that the HW part is 
> called "Instance Type").
> 
> - Instance Image
> - Software Profile
> - OMI (oVirt Machine Image)
> - System Image
> - ITI (Instance Type Image)
> 
> Thank you,
> Tomas
> 
> 
> [1]: http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Instance_Types
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