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+1 to everything Brandon just said. :)

Stephen


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Brandon Logan
<brandon.logan at rackspace.com>wrote:

> Yes, Rackspace has users that have multiple IPv4 and IPv6 VIPs on a
> single load balancer.  However, I don't think it is a matter of it being
> needed.  It's a matter of having an API that makes sense to a user.
> Just because the API has multiple VIPs doesn't mean every VIP needs its
> own port.  In fact creating a port is an implementation detail (you know
> that phrase that everyone throws out to stonewall any discussions?).
> The user doesn't care how many neutron ports are set up underneath, they
> only care about the VIPs.
>
> Also, the load balancer wouldn't just be a container, the load balancer
> would have flavor, affinity, and other metadata on it.  Plus, a user
> will expect to get a load balancer back.  Since this object can only be
> described as a load balancer, the name of it shouldn't be up for debate.
>
> The API is meant to be a generic language that can be translated into a
> working load balancer and should be driver agnostic.  We believe this is
> the most generic and flexible API structure.  Each driver will be able
> to translate this into what makes sense for that product.
>
> On a side note, if this is too disruptive for the current LBaaS then why
> couldn't this go into Neutron V3?  I thought that was the plan all along
> anyway with redesigning the API.
>
> Thanks,
> Brandon
>
> On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 14:30 +0400, Eugene Nikanorov wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >
> > I'm pulling this question out of another discussion:
> >
> >
> > Is there a need to have multiple VIPs (e.g. multiple L2 ports/IP
> > addresses) per logical loadbalancer?
> > If so, we need the description of such cases to evaluate them.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eugene.
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