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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Lingxian Kong <anlin.kong at gmail.com> wrote:

> we know that there is a scheduler-as-a-service[1] working in progress now,
> aiming at smart resource placement and also providing the instance group
> API work for nova.
>
> But what I wonder is does it include the feature of DRS(Distributed
> Resource Scheduler, something like that), as it is in vCenter[2], or is
> there any project related to this? or some related bp?
>
> Any hints are appreciated. I apologize if this question was already
> covered and I missed it.
>
>
For the "smart" portion, maybe you should take a look at
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/solver-scheduler

And for the DRS feature, I think it's more likely to be fit in nova
conductor's role. After all the migration task have been moved to
conductor, then some feature like DRS could be discussed as the next step.
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/cold-migrations-to-conductor
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/unified-migrations

[1]https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/icehouse-external-scheduler
> [2]https://www.vmware.com/cn/products/vsphere/features/drs-dpm.html
>
>
BTW, the second link you provided seems to be in Chinese. For those who
interested, please use this one instead.
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_drs_wp.pdf

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Qiu Yu
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