Greetings,
Nova includes various compute drivers today, but the test coverage they
receive varies quite a bit. This is documented on the following wiki
page. The drivers are broken up into groups A, B, and C.
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/HypervisorSupportMatrix
We have two new compute drivers in the queue for Havana: docker [1] and
z/vm [2]. I'd like to propose as a piece of criteria for inclusion that
new drivers go into groups A or B.
Further, I would like to see *all* drivers move into groups A or B by
the release of Icehouse. I've been told that this is already in the
works for VMware and baremetal, at least.
I feel like if there isn't enough interesting and willingness to raise
the bar on testing a given compute driver, then we're just wasting our
time and effort having it in the tree.
Feedback welcome!
Thanks,
[1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/new-hypervisor-docker
[2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/zvm-plugin
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Russell Bryant