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Russell Bryant wrote:
> On 09/06/2013 08:35 AM, Peter Feiner wrote:
>> Russell & Thierry,
>>
>> I think conductor-workers [1] should be an exception to the feature
>> freeze for H3. The risk is very low since the default value of this
>> configuration option doesn't change nova's behavior at all. Moreover,
>> the patch [2] is small and uses common OpenStack code. The reward is
>> high since it makes eliminating a big bottleneck in typical OpenStack
>> deployments very simple (e.g., setting [CONDUCTOR] workers=10 in
>> nova.conf) [3].
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Peter
>>
>> [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/condutor-workers
>> [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/42342/
>> [3]
>> http://blog.gridcentric.com/bid/318277/Boosting-OpenStack-s-Parallel-Performance
> 
> I'm good with this one.  The patch is *very* small and the functionality
> is off by default, so the risk is incredibly low.  We need to do some
> reviewing of conductor code to make sure we can't find a reason this
> might not work with it, but it seems like it provides a whole lot of
> benefit.
> 
> Any other thoughts on this one?

+1. Benefits outweigh drawbacks and AFAICT the patch is ready so
disruption is minimal.

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Thierry Carrez (ttx)