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+1
The agent number should be limited restrictly.


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 8:56 AM, loy wolfe <loywolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Salvatore Orlando <sorlando at nicira.com>
> wrote:
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>> As the original thread had a completely different subject, I'm starting a
>> new one here.
>>
>> More specifically the aim of this thread is about:
>> 1) Define when a service is best implemented with a service plugin or
>> with a ML2 driver
>> 2) Discuss how bindings between a "core" resource and the one provided by
>> the service plugin should be exposed at the management plane, implemented
>> at the control plane, and if necessary also at the data plane.
>>
>> Some more comments inline.
>>
>> Salvatore
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>>> When a port is created, and it has Qos enforcement thanks to the service
>>> plugin,
>>> let's assume that a ML2 Qos Mech Driver can fetch Qos info and send
>>> them back to the L2 agent.
>>> We would probably need a Qos Agent which communicates with the plugin
>>> through a dedicated topic.
>>>
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>> A distinct agent has pro and cons. I think however that we should try and
>> limit the number of agents on the hosts to a minimum. And this minimum in
>> my opinion should be 1! There is already a proposal around a modular agent
>> which should be able of loading modules for handling distinct services. I
>> think that's the best way forward.
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> +1
> consolidated modular agent can greatly reduce rpc communication with
> plugin, and redundant code . If we can't merge it to a single "Neutron
> agent" now, we can at least merge into two agents: modular L2 agent, and
> modular L3+ agent
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