Re: [Openstack] multi_nic and mac addresses

2011-02-28 Thread Trey Morris
@brian: the problem with a json field is that searching would be really expensive if we ever need to pull mac addresses from the db to ensure uniqueness. @Ilya: If I make a table, I plan on putting mac address, instance id, network id, and if zones are about ready, some sort of zone information in

Re: [Openstack] multi_nic and mac addresses

2011-02-26 Thread Ilya Alekseyev
I think that new table for NIC mac addresses is good idea, but we need in table not only instance id, but network id for interface too. It will be good for implementation multi-nic in libvirt for example. ___ Mailing list:

[Openstack] multi_nic and mac addresses

2011-02-25 Thread Trey Morris
Tracking mac addresses is going to have to change for multi-nic. Instances are going to have more than one mac address. It's been proposed that we don't need to track the mac address(es) but I think it's necessary in order to determine whether a mac is unique or not. Mac addresses don't need to be