Hi Garrett, On 08/22/2012 09:17 PM, Garrett LeSage wrote:
First, a link to the mockup: http://people.redhat.com/glesage/oVirt/website/mockup-1/download.html
I think it looks nice! It does raise a few questions, though. <snip>
### Reasons to focus on an all-in-one "appliance" model ###
Having one favored, easy-to-use download allows us to:
* Eliminate the risks of things going wrong when a user sets up oVirt on their own system. * Isolate oVirt from the distribution kernel and subsystem changes in distributions which may break functionality. * Provide the latest and greatest features to oVirt users independent of waiting for distributions to play catch-up. * Test a known stack of software to ensure that oVirt works as intended.
In the mock-up there's a download link for "oVirt live image" - you indicate here it's the all-in-one version, downloadable as a runnable ISO liveCD. You also suggest that it should be possible to install oVirt from that image. My question is: do we have this? And if not, how much engineering work would be required to create an image which allows you to run all-in-one from a LiveCD, and also enable you to install both Engine and Node? And how would that work? Specifically, how will it work with storage domains, etc? I realise you might not have the answers - but I don't think we have an all-in-one DVD/CD image right now, never mind one which will handle all of the finnicky things you need to do when installing an engine and setting up nodes. In any case, the design looks great! I just want to make sure we're designing something we can deliver. Thanks, Dave. -- Dave Neary Community Action and Impact Open Source and Standards, Red Hat Ph: +33 9 50 71 55 62 / Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13