[openstack-dev] [Neutron][LBaaS] Load balancing use cases. Data from Operators needed.

Prashanth Hari hvprash at gmail.com
Thu Apr 3 01:34:04 UTC 2014


More additions to the use cases (
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/LBaaS/Usecases).
I have updated some of the features we are interested in.



Thanks,
Prashanth



On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Stephen Balukoff <sbalukoff at bluebox.net>wrote:

> Hi y'all--
>
> Looking at the data in the page already, it looks more like a feature
> wishlist than actual usage data. I thought we agreed to provide data based
> on percentage usage of a given feature, the end result of the data
> collection being that it would become more obvious which features are the
> most relevant to the most users, and therefore are more worthwhile targets
> for software development.
>
> Specifically, I was expecting to see something like the following (using
> hypothetical numbers of course, and where technical people from "Company A"
> & etc. fill out the data for their organization):
>
> == L7 features ==
>
> "Company A" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 56% of
> load-balancer instances use
> "Company B" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 92% of
> load-balancer instances use
> "Company C" (Fortune 100 company serving internal customers): 0% of
> load-balancer instances use
>
> == SSL termination ==
>
> "Company A" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 95% of
> load-balancer instances use
> "Company B" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 20% of
> load-balancer instances use
> "Company C" (Fortune 100 company serving internal customers): 50% of
> load-balancer instances use.
>
> == Racing stripes ==
>
> "Company A" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 100% of
> load-balancer instances use
> "Company B" (Cloud operator serving external customers): 100% of
> load-balancer instances use
> "Company C" (Fortune 100 company serving internal customers): 100% of
> load-balancer instances use
>
>
> In my mind, a wish-list of features is only going to be relevant to this
> discussion if (after we agree on what the items under consideration ought
> to be) each technical representative presents a prioritized list for their
> organization. :/ A wish-list is great for brain-storming what ought to be
> added, but is less relevant for prioritization.
>
> In light of last week's meeting, it seems useful to list the features most
> recently discussed in that meeting and on the mailing list as being points
> on which we want to gather actual usage data (ie. from what people are
> actually using on the load balancers in their organization right now).
> Should we start a new page that lists actual usage percentages, or just
> re-vamp the one above?  (After all, wish-list can be useful for discovering
> things we're missing, especially if we get people new to the discussion to
> add their $0.02.)
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Jorge Miramontes <
> jorge.miramontes at rackspace.com> wrote:
>
>>   Thanks Eugene,
>>
>>  I added our data onto the requirements page since I was hoping to
>> prioritize requirements based on the operator data that gets provided. We
>> can move it over to the other page if you think that makes sense. See
>> everyone on the weekly meeting tomorrow!
>>
>>  Cheers,
>> --Jorge
>>
>>   From: Susanne Balle <sleipnir012 at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)"
>> <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 4:09 PM
>> To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" <
>> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Neutron][LBaaS] Load balancing use cases.
>> Data from Operators needed.
>>
>>   I added two more. I am still working on our HA use cases. Susanne
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Fox, Kevin M <Kevin.Fox at pnnl.gov> wrote:
>>
>>>  I added our priorities. I hope its formatted well enough. I just took
>>> a stab in the dark.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kevin
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Eugene Nikanorov [enikanorov at mirantis.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2014 3:02 AM
>>> *To:* OpenStack Development Mailing List
>>> *Subject:* [openstack-dev] [Neutron][LBaaS] Load balancing use cases.
>>> Data from Operators needed.
>>>
>>>    Hi folks,
>>>
>>>  On the last meeting we decided to collect usage data so we could
>>> prioritize features and see what is demanded most.
>>>
>>>  Here's the blank page to do that (in a free form). I'll structure it
>>> once we have some data.
>>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/LBaaS/Usecases
>>>
>>>  Please fill with the data you have.
>>>
>>>  Thanks,
>>> Eugene.
>>>
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