That is really cool! I recently choose to move my web stuff to Rackspace (was hosting it in house) over Amazon, based solely on the reason that you work there. So if anything goes wrong, I'm blaming you. ;-) For real though, I took them both out for a test run and just felt more comfortable with Rackspace. Congrats on being involved in a cool project!
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 9, 2011, at 9:04 AM, casey mcg wrote: > >> So how is python being used in the project or are they using some of >> your other nerd skills? > > > The entire project is in Python. Take a look for yourself: > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~hudson-openstack/nova/trunk/files > > This is the 'nova' trunk; 'nova' is the codebase for > creating/managing/deleting virtual machines. It is based on NASA's Nebula > system for creating tens of thousands of virtual servers quickly to process > their massive amounts of data. > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~hudson-openstack/swift/trunk/files > > This is the 'swift' trunk; 'swift' is the Rackspace Cloud Files code > that allows data to be stored and retrieved from the cloud, with each files > being stored redundantly to avoid data loss when drives fail. Swift has been > in production at Rackspace for several months now. > > I'm working on the nova side of things, after being on the swift team > for several months. The original NASA code was specific to the KVM > hypervisor; we're working on making the code hypervisor-agnostic, as we use > XenServer internally at Rackspace. It's great to have the lead developers at > Citrix, the owner of XenServer, on the project as well. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
