[openstack-dev] [Neutron][LBaaS] Load balancing use cases. Data from Operators needed.

Eugene Nikanorov enikanorov at mirantis.com
Thu Apr 3 05:52:58 UTC 2014


Stephen,

Agree with you. Basically the page starts looking as requirements page.
I think we need to move to google spreadsheet, where table is organized
easily.
Here's the doc that may do a better job for us:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar1FuMFYRhgadDVXZ25NM2NfbGtLTkR0TDFNUWJQUWc&usp=sharing

Thanks,
Eugene.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Prashanth Hari <hvprash at gmail.com> wrote:

> More additions to the use cases (
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/LBaaS/Usecases).
> I have updated some of the features we are interested in.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Prashanth
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Stephen Balukoff <sbalukoff at bluebox.net>wrote:
>
>> Hi y'all--
>>
>> Looking at the data in the page already, it looks more like a feature
>> wishlist than actual usage data. I thought we agreed to provide data based
>> on percentage usage of a given feature, the end result of the data
>> collection being that it would become more obvious which features are the
>> most relevant to the most users, and therefore are more worthwhile targets
>> for software development.
>>
>> Specifically, I was expecting to see something like the following (using
>> hypothetical numbers of course, and where technical people from "Company A"
>> & etc. fill out the data for their organization):
>>
>> == L7 features ==
>>
>> "Company A" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 56% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>> "Company B" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 92% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>> "Company C" (Fortune 100 company serving internal customers): 0% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>>
>> == SSL termination ==
>>
>> "Company A" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 95% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>> "Company B" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 20% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>> "Company C" (Fortune 100 company serving internal customers): 50% of
>> load-balancer instances use.
>>
>> == Racing stripes ==
>>
>> "Company A" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 100% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>> "Company B" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 100% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>> "Company C" (Fortune 100 company serving internal customers): 100% of
>> load-balancer instances use
>>
>>
>> In my mind, a wish-list of features is only going to be relevant to this
>> discussion if (after we agree on what the items under consideration ought
>> to be) each technical representative presents a prioritized list for their
>> organization. :/ A wish-list is great for brain-storming what ought to be
>> added, but is less relevant for prioritization.
>>
>> In light of last week's meeting, it seems useful to list the features
>> most recently discussed in that meeting and on the mailing list as being
>> points on which we want to gather actual usage data (ie. from what people
>> are actually using on the load balancers in their organization right now).
>> Should we start a new page that lists actual usage percentages, or just
>> re-vamp the one above?  (After all, wish-list can be useful for discovering
>> things we're missing, especially if we get people new to the discussion to
>> add their $0.02.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Jorge Miramontes <
>> jorge.miramontes at rackspace.com> wrote:
>>
>>>   Thanks Eugene,
>>>
>>>  I added our data onto the requirements page since I was hoping to
>>> prioritize requirements based on the operator data that gets provided. We
>>> can move it over to the other page if you think that makes sense. See
>>> everyone on the weekly meeting tomorrow!
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>> --Jorge
>>>
>>>   From: Susanne Balle <sleipnir012 at gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage
>>> questions)" <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>>> Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 4:09 PM
>>> To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" <
>>> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Neutron][LBaaS] Load balancing use cases.
>>> Data from Operators needed.
>>>
>>>   I added two more. I am still working on our HA use cases. Susanne
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Fox, Kevin M <Kevin.Fox at pnnl.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I added our priorities. I hope its formatted well enough. I just took
>>>> a stab in the dark.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kevin
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Eugene Nikanorov [enikanorov at mirantis.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2014 3:02 AM
>>>> *To:* OpenStack Development Mailing List
>>>> *Subject:* [openstack-dev] [Neutron][LBaaS] Load balancing use cases.
>>>> Data from Operators needed.
>>>>
>>>>    Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>>  On the last meeting we decided to collect usage data so we could
>>>> prioritize features and see what is demanded most.
>>>>
>>>>  Here's the blank page to do that (in a free form). I'll structure it
>>>> once we have some data.
>>>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/LBaaS/Usecases
>>>>
>>>>  Please fill with the data you have.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>> Eugene.
>>>>
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