Both ideas seem good and reasonable to me. :) -jay On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Chuck Thier <cthier at gmail.com> wrote: > There are two concepts that I would like Nova Volumes to support: > > 1. Allow different storage classes within a storage driver. For > example, in our case we will have some nodes with high iops > capabilities and other nodes for cheaper/larger volumes. > > 2. Allow for different storage backends to be used and specified by > the user. For example, you might want to use both the Lunr volume > backend, and one of the SAN backends. > > I think having the idea of a volume type when creating a volume would > support both of these features. I have started a blueprint and spec > below, and would like to solicit feedback. > > Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/volume-type > Spec: http://etherpad.openstack.org/volume-type > > Please let me know what you think, and if you have any questions. > > -- > Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >