[openstack-dev] Dynamic VM Consolidation Agent as part of Nova
Stuart Fox
stuart at demonware.net
Wed Nov 19 09:03:11 UTC 2014
I'd be interested in the opposite, the ability to rebalance the vm's across
the fleet to even out load. Agreed it should live outside of Nova tho
BR,
Stuart
On Nov 19, 2014 12:15 AM, "Mehdi Sheikhalishahi" <mehdi.alishahi at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Where do you suggest as the best place for such a service?
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Joe Gordon <joe.gordon0 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Mehdi Sheikhalishahi <
>> mehdi.alishahi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to bring Dynamic VM Consolidation capability into Nova.
>>> That is I would like to check compute nodes status periodically (let's say
>>> every 15 minutes) and consolidate VMs if there is any opportunity to turn
>>> off some compute nodes.
>>>
>>> Any hints on how to get into this development process as part of nova?
>>>
>>
>> While I like the idea of having dynamic VM consolidation capabilities
>> somewhere in OpenStack, it doesn't belongs in Nova. This service should
>> live outside of Nova and just consume Nova's REST APIs. If there is some
>> piece of information that this service would need that isn't made available
>> via the REST API, we can fix that.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mehdi
>>>
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