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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Lowther [mailto:victor.lowther at gmail.com]
> Sent: 21 January 2015 21:06
> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Ironic] RAID interface - backing disk hints
> 
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Jim Rollenhagen <jim at jimrollenhagen.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 07:28:46PM +0530, Ramakrishnan G wrote:
...
> 
> Given that, deciding to build and manage arrays based on drive
> mfgr/model/firmware is a lot less useful than deciding to build and manage
> them based on interface type/media type/size/spindle speed/slot#.
> 

+1 - How about using the /dev/disk/by-path information which says to install the system onto the disks by their device location.

Have a look at how kickstart does it.  It's the same problem so we don't need to re-invent the wheel.