Hi,
For some reason I am unable to access your proceed talk. I am not 100% sure but 
I think that the voting may be closed. We have weekly scheduling meetings 
(https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings#Scheduler_Sub-group_meeting). It 
would be nice if you could attend and it will give you a platform to raise and 
share ideas with the rest of the guys in the community.
At the moment the scheduling subgroup is working  on our ideas for the design 
summit sessions. Please see 
https://etherpad.openstack.org/IceHouse-Nova-Scheduler-Sessions
Thanks
Gary

From: Mike Spreitzer <mspre...@us.ibm.com<mailto:mspre...@us.ibm.com>>
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Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [heat] Comments/questions on the 
instance-group-api-extension blueprint

Yes, I've seen that material.  In my group we have worked larger and more 
complex examples.  I have a proposed breakout session at the Hong Kong summit 
to talk about one, you might want to vote for it.  The URL is 
http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/become-a-speaker/TalkDetails/109
 and the title is "Continuous Delivery of Lotus Connections on OpenStack".  We 
used our own technology to do the scheduling (make placement decisions) and 
orchestration, calling Nova and Quantum to carry out the decisions our software 
made.  Above the OpenStack infrastructure we used two layers of our own 
software, one focused on infrastructure and one adding concerns for the 
software running on that infrastructure.  Each used its own language for a 
whole topology AKA pattern AKA application AKA cluster.  For example, our 
pattern has 16 VMs running the WebSphere application server, organized into 
four homogenous groups (members are interchangeable) of four each.  For each 
group, we asked that it both (a) be spread across at least two racks, with no 
more than half the VMs on any one rack and (b) have no two VMs on the same 
hypervisor.  You can imagine how this would involve multiple levels of grouping 
and relationships between groups (and you will probably be surprised by the 
particulars).  We also included information on licensed products, so that the 
placement decision can optimize license cost (for the IBM "sub-capacity" 
licenses, placement of VMs can make a cost difference).  Thus, multiple 
policies per thing.  We are now extending that example to include storage, and 
we are also working examples with Hadoop.

Regards,
Mike



From:        Gary Kotton <gkot...@vmware.com<mailto:gkot...@vmware.com>>
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Date:        09/11/2013 06:06 AM
Subject:        Re: [openstack-dev] [heat] Comments/questions on the 
instance-group-api-extension blueprint
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From: Mike Spreitzer <mspre...@us.ibm.com<mailto:mspre...@us.ibm.com>>
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Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:58 PM
To: OpenStack Development Mailing List 
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Subject: [openstack-dev] [heat] Comments/questions on the 
instance-group-api-extension blueprint

First, I'm a newbie here, wondering: is this the right place for 
comments/questions on blueprints?  Supposing it is...

[Gary Kotton] Yeah, as Russel said this is the correct place

I am referring to 
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/instance-group-api-extension

In my own research group we have experience with a few systems that do 
something like that, and more (as, indeed, that blueprint explicitly states 
that it is only the start of a longer roadmap).  I would like to highlight a 
couple of differences that alarm me.  One is the general overlap between 
groups.  I am not saying this is wrong, but as a matter of natural conservatism 
we have shied away from unnecessary complexities.  The only overlap we have 
done so far is hierarchical nesting.  As the instance-group-api-extension 
explicitly contemplates groups of groups as a later development, this would 
cover the overlap that we have needed.  On the other hand, we already have 
multiple "policies" attached to a single group.  We have policies for a variety 
of concerns, so some can combine completely or somewhat independently.  We also 
have relationships (of various sorts) between groups (as well as between 
individuals, and between individuals and groups).  The policies and 
relationships, in general, are not simply names but also have parameters.

[Gary Kotton] The instance groups was meant to be the first step towards what 
we had presented in Portland. Please look at the presentation that we gave an 
this may highlight what the aims were: 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oDXEab2mjxtY-cvufQ8f4cOHM0vIp4iMyfvZPqg8Ivc/edit?usp=sharing.
 Sadly for this release we did not manage to get the instance groups through 
(it was an issue of timing and bad luck). We will hopefully get this though in 
the first stages of the I cycle and then carry on building on it as it has a 
huge amount of value for OpenStack. It will be great if you can also 
participate in the discussions.

Thanks,
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