Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-12 Thread John Griffith
...@redhat.com To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:40:48 AM Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953 Also, that's still an overly

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-12 Thread Caitlin Bestler
Message - From: Solly Ross sr...@redhat.com To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:40:48 AM Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-12 Thread John Griffith
: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953 Also, that's still an overly complicated process for one or two VMs. The idea behind the Nova command was to minimize the steps in the image-volume-VM process for a single VM. Complexity

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-05 Thread Chris Friesen
On 11/05/2013 01:27 AM, Avishay Traeger wrote: I think the proper fix is to make sure that Cinder is moving the volume into 'error' state in all cases where there is an error. Nova can then poll as long as its in the 'downloading' state, until it's 'available' or 'error'. Is there a reason

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-05 Thread John Griffith
/2013 07:41 AM Subject:Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953 On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:27 AM, John Griffith john.griff...@solidfire.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Chris Friesen chris.frie...@windriver.com

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-05 Thread Chris Friesen
Wouldn't you still need variable timeouts? I'm assuming that copying multi-gig cinder volumes might take a while, even if it's local. (Or are you assuming copy-on-write?) Chris On 11/05/2013 01:43 AM, Caitlin Bestler wrote: Replication of snapshots is one solution to this. You create a

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-05 Thread Solly Ross
Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:23:39 AM Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953 Wouldn't you still need variable timeouts? I'm assuming that copying multi-gig cinder volumes might take a while, even if it's local. (Or are you

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-05 Thread Avishay Traeger
Chris Friesen chris.frie...@windriver.com wrote on 11/05/2013 10:21:07 PM: I think the proper fix is to make sure that Cinder is moving the volume into 'error' state in all cases where there is an error. Nova can then poll as long as its in the 'downloading' state, until it's 'available' or

[openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-04 Thread Solly Ross
So, There's currently an outstanding issue with regards to a Nova shortcut command that creates a volume from an image and then boots from it in one fell swoop. The gist of the issue is that there is currently a set timeout which can time out before the volume creation has finished (it's

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-04 Thread Chris Friesen
On 11/04/2013 03:49 PM, Solly Ross wrote: So, There's currently an outstanding issue with regards to a Nova shortcut command that creates a volume from an image and then boots from it in one fell swoop. The gist of the issue is that there is currently a set timeout which can time out before the

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-04 Thread John Griffith
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:27 AM, John Griffith john.griff...@solidfire.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Chris Friesen chris.frie...@windriver.com wrote: On 11/04/2013 03:49 PM, Solly Ross wrote: So, There's currently an outstanding issue with regards to a Nova shortcut command that

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-04 Thread Avishay Traeger
in 'downloading'? Thanks, Avishay From: John Griffith john.griff...@solidfire.com To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org, Date: 11/05/2013 07:41 AM Subject:Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt

Re: [openstack-dev] Improvement of Cinder API wrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1213953

2013-11-04 Thread Caitlin Bestler
Replication of snapshots is one solution to this. You create a Cinder Volume once. snapshot it. Then replicate to the hosts that need it (this is the piece currently missing). Then you clone there. I will be giving an in an hour in conference session on this and other uses of snapshots in the