Re: [Engine-devel] VM Payload feature

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ayal Baron" <abaron(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: "Oved Ourfalli" <ovedo(a)redhat.com&gt; > Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:05:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] VM Payload feature > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Hey all, > > > > Continuing the discussion about Aeolus instance data injection to > > a > > VM > > (http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/engine-devel/2012-January/000423.html) > > we propose a new VM Payload feature. > > > > The following wiki page contains a description page of the > > feature. > > http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/VMPayload > > > > Please read and review. > > There are several approaches there, and we wish to head your > > opinions > > and thoughts about them. > > > > Once we agree on an approach, we will start designing. > > Permanent payload availability requires determining where the > payload > is stored. > Makes sense to me to store it together with the VM disks on the > storage domain, but that requires the small object store which will > not be available in the coming version (payloads can be large and > keeping them in the DB and passing over the net every time the VM > is > run doesn't make much sense). > I guess we can start with storing it in the database, with some size limitation, and move it to the storage domain later on.

> Wrt availability, I don't see a reason to exclude attaching both a > CD > and a payload via another CD at the same time (i.e. multiple > devices). > > > > > Thank you, > > Oved > > _______________________________________________ > > Engine-devel mailing list > > Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >