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On 22/12/14 11:00, Andrew Bogott wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> I'm about to set up a new cloud, so for the second time this year I'm
> facing the question of Neutron vs. nova-network.  In our current setup
> we're using nova.network.manager.FlatDHCPManager with floating IPs. 
> This config has been working fine, and would probably be our first
> choice for the new cloud as well.
> 
> At this point is there any compelling reason for us to switch to
> Neutron?  My understanding is that the Neutron flat network model still
> doesn't support anything similar to floating IPs, so if we move to
> Neutron we'll need to switch to a subnet-per-tenant model.  Is that
> still correct?
> 
> I'm puzzled by the statement that " upgrades without instance downtime
> will be available in the Kilo release"[1] -- surely for such a path to
> exist, Kilo/Neutron would need to support all the same use cases as
> nova-network.  If that's right and Neutron is right on the verge of
> supporting flat-with-floating then we may just cool our jets and wait to
> build the new cloud until Kilo is released.  I have no particular reason
> to prefer Neutron, but I'd like to avoid betting on a horse right before
> it's put down :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> [1]
> http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-ops/content/nova-network-deprecation.html

Hi Andrew,

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Regards,


Tom