On 2/10/11 7:35 AM, Jay Pipes wrote: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Aimon Bustardo <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have seen another thread on this also "Multi Clusters in a Region ". >> the URI based naming makes the most sense here and the actual name is >> each child is free-form but must conform to acceptable URI characters >> for optional DNS. The hierarchy is location based only in as much as you >> make it.. its a hierarchy that you can build with zones and clusters. >> This can be in one physical location or many, but it will always be a >> collection of servers and services. The hierarchical URI model fits >> this perfectly and adds the benefit of being able to associate DNS with it. > Hi! > > What I was saying is that zones don't mean "geographical regions". > Zones are merely a collection of hosts or other zones, nothing more or > less. There should be no connotation that a zone is equal to a > geographical location. This allows Nova the most flexibility for > organizations that want to set up zones that have nothing to do with > geography, but rather want zones that represent hardware or service > level agreements. > > Hope that explains which I'm uncertain of the benefits of a URI based > naming scheme for zones *being enforced by Nova*. Nothing wrong with > an organization naming their zones with a URI naming scheme. I'm just > saying Nova should not *enforce* a URI naming scheme... Ok, so you are saying : Yes on hierarchical, No on enforcement if URI conventions. We are roughly on same page. However I caution not enforcing URI based naming.. What if they use an automated DNS in OpenStack? What if they add it later? Do they have to rename everything? Can they?
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