Exciting stuff Daniel! Can't wait to talk to you more about OpenVZ and the whole smegging project in general at the summit!
Devin On Apr 21, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Daniel Morris wrote: > Today we are announcing the introduction of Database as a Service (Project > RedDwarf) as an affiliated OpenStack incubation project. > > To give you some background, Database as a Service is a scalable relational > database service that allows users toquickly and easily utilize the features > of a relational database without the burden of handling complex > administrative tasks. With this service, cloud users and database > administrators can provision and manage multiple database instances as > needed. > > Initially, our plan is for the service to focus on providing resource > isolation at high performance while automating complex administrative tasks > including deployment, configuration, patching, backups, restores, and > monitoring. Some of the key features for the first release are listed below: > > · Single tenant MySQL instance with unlimited databasesper instance > · Public API’s to create, read, update, and delete databases and > database users > · User and database access management with root user access > · Scale database instance memory sizes up and down > · Scale up storage sizes > · Database backups and restores > · Instance migrations > · Instance metrics and monitoring > > This represents our current thinking for a first release, and we welcome > feedback from the community on any suggested features. > > While still in the early stages of development, the service is already > tightly integrated with OpenStack Compute (Nova). We chose Nova because the > component-based architecture and open standards make it the perfect > virtualization layer for our product platform. The compute layer provides > the reusable and deployable services needed to build an extensible service > deployment foundation that will be used to deliver not only a MySQL database > service, but also many other services in the future. > > The initial architecture of this service is being designed around several > technologies listed below > · Open Stack Compute (Nova) > · OpenVZ - OpenVZ is a container based virtualization technology that > ensures guaranteed resource minimums and maximums delivering exceptional > performance from a MySQL server, comparable to a bare metal box. > · Guest Agent – The guest agent is the management interface to the > container (VM). All operations originating from the Cloud Databases API use > the guest to manipulate the container. > > More details can be found on the blueprint and wiki, pleasetake a look, get > involved, and provide any comments or feedback you may have. Also, join us > during our session at the OpenStack Design Summit in Santa Clara April 26th – > 29th to learn more about our approach, ask questions and become active in the > project! We are excited about working with the community as we continue to > develop relational databases in the cloud. > > Thanks, > Daniel Morris > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message (including any attached or > embedded documents) is intended for the exclusive and confidential use of the > individual or entity to which this message is addressed, and unless otherwise > expressly indicated, is confidential and privileged information of Rackspace. > Any dissemination, distribution or copying of the enclosed material is > prohibited. > If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail > at [email protected], and delete the original message. > Your cooperation is appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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