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If distributed router is good enough, why do we still need non-distributed
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Ian Wells <ijw.ubuntu at cack.org.uk> wrote:

> I would imagine that, from the Neutron perspective, you get a single
> router whether or not it's distributed.  I think that if a router is
> distributed - regardless of whether it's tenant-tenant or tenant-outside -
> it certainly *could* have some sort of SLA flag, but I don't think a simple
> 'distributed' flag is either here or there; it's not telling the tenant
> anything meaningful.
>
>
> On 10 December 2013 00:48, Mike Wilson <geekinutah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I guess the question that immediately comes to mind is, is there anyone
>> that doesn't want a distributed router? I guess there could be someone out
>> there that hates the idea of traffic flowing in a balanced fashion, but
>> can't they just run a single router then? Does there really need to be some
>> flag to disable/enable this behavior? Maybe I am oversimplifying things...
>> you tell me.
>>
>> -Mike Wilson
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Vasudevan, Swaminathan (PNB Roseville) <
>> swaminathan.vasudevan at hp.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> We are in the process of defining the API for the Neutron Distributed
>>> Virtual Router, and we have a question.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just wanted to get the feedback from the community before we implement
>>> and post for review.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are planning to use the “distributed” flag for the routers that are
>>> supposed to be routing traffic locally (both East West and North South).
>>>
>>> This “distributed” flag is already there in the “neutronclient” API, but
>>> currently only utilized by the “Nicira Plugin”.
>>>
>>> We would like to go ahead and use the same “distributed” flag and add an
>>> extension to the router table to accommodate the “distributed flag”.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please let us know your feedback.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Swaminathan Vasudevan
>>>
>>> Systems Software Engineer (TC)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HP Networking
>>>
>>> Hewlett-Packard
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> email: swaminathan.vasudevan at hp.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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