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+1

It will be good to see if the storage API design works for other backends
like HBase.

Doug

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:50 AM, <Shengjie_Min at dell.com> wrote:

> Thanks Julien, I will write up a blueprint soon.
>
> Shengjie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julien Danjou [mailto:julien at danjou.info]
> Sent: 07 November 2012 18:12
> To: Min, Shengjie
> Cc: openstack at lists.launchpad.net
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] [ceilometer] Hbase storage backend for Ceilometer
> - blueprint?
>
> On Wed, Nov 07 2012, Shengjie_Min at DELL.com wrote:
>
> Hi Shengjie,
>
> > I am looking for a way to propose a blueprint to the ceilometer team -
> > "Adding Hbase storage backend for ceilometer". Currently we have only
> > MongoDB and SQLalchemy as the possible ceilometer storage backend.
> > Given the storage interface is clearly designed and allows us to have
> > different backend, it would be nice to have more options which make
> > Ceilometer more adoptive to some providers' existing architectures. As
> > a cloud IAAS provider, Ceilometer might not be just considered as a
> > usage db, also it's being seen as a centralized place to store all the
> > usage data cross platforms. Additionally, all the historical usage
> > data stored can be used for historical usage analysis as well, this is
> > where MapReduce comes into play. With Hadoop Hbase, it allows usage
> > data to be stored in HDFS, also it gives us the ability to run large
> > scale massive MapRed analysis jobs in the future.
>
> This is indeed a good idea, and as you pointed out, Ceilometer collector
> has been designed so this is being possible.
>
> I think you can create a blueprint here:
>
>   https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ceilometer
>
> And write in what should be done.
>
> --
> Julien Danjou
> ;; Free Software hacker & freelance
> ;; http://julien.danjou.info
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