Re: [Openstack] Metering question??

2012-05-02 Thread Luis Gervaso
I just upload a video that shows the way i manage the billing described in my previous mail in order to clarify: http://youtu.be/3A1SdZS9Iak Data is gathered and correlated in a own metering agent that i want to conform with the ceilometer spec. Data is submited to the billing system. The billin

Re: [Openstack] Metering question??

2012-05-02 Thread Luis Gervaso
Agree with your comments, 1. Metering tasks for me are mainly 2: a) Collect relevant data b) Correlate events (that's which "end event" corresponds with which "event start") this is very important, since only openstack knows how to correlate, but the billing system 2. Mediation process should ex

Re: [Openstack] Metering question??

2012-05-02 Thread Doug Hellmann
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Joshua Harlow wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just looking over the efficient metering stuff yesterday. > > Just a couple of questions, that might be dups (sorry if they are). > > I am noticing that there seems to be a mix of billing specifics there and > metering speci

[Openstack] Metering question??

2012-05-02 Thread Joshua Harlow
Hi all, I was just looking over the efficient metering stuff yesterday. Just a couple of questions, that might be dups (sorry if they are). I am noticing that there seems to be a mix of billing specifics there and metering specifics there. If say metering can just provide as much raw data as p