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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Developers and Operators, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NetApp’s various Cinder drivers currently provide platform integration for ONTAP powered systems, SolidFire, and E/EF-Series systems. Per systems-provided telemetry and discussion amongst our user community,
we’ve learned that when E/EF-series systems are deployed with OpenStack they do not commonly make use of the platform specific Cinder driver (instead opting for use of the LVM driver or Ceph layered atop). Given that, we’re proposing to cease further development
and maintenance of the E-Series drivers within OpenStack and will focus development on our widely used SolidFire and ONTAP options.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In accordance with community policy [1], we are initiating the deprecation process for the NetApp E-Series drivers [2] set to conclude with their removal in the OpenStack Queens release. This will apply to
both protocols currently supported in this driver: iSCSI and FC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What is being deprecated: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cinder drivers for NetApp E-Series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Period of deprecation: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">E-Series drivers will be around in stable/pike and will be removed in the Queens release (All milestones of this release)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What should users/operators do: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Any Cinder E-series deployers are encouraged to get in touch with NetApp via the community #openstack-netapp IRC channel on freenode
or via the #OpenStack Slack channel on <a href="http://netapp.io">http://netapp.io</a>. We encourage migration to the LVM driver for continued use of E-series systems in most cases via Cinder’s migrate facility [3]. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[1] <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html">https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[2] <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/456990/">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/456990/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[3] <a href="https://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide/blockstorage-volume-migration.html">https://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide/blockstorage-volume-migration.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Goutham Pacha Ravi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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