[ovirt-users] [RFI] oVirt 3.6 Planning

Itamar Heim iheim at redhat.com
Mon Sep 15 13:23:07 UTC 2014


On 09/15/2014 04:10 PM, Daniel Helgenberger wrote:
> Hello Livnat,
> On 15.09.2014 14:46, Livnat Peer wrote:
>> On 09/15/2014 03:15 PM, Daniel Helgenberger wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> +1 for the iso uploader,
>>> +1 for hostusb in UI
>>> +1 EL 7 (on the roadmap anyway?)
>>>
>>> With hostusb some more host-dev virtualization could be added. Top of my
>>> list is:
>>> - SR-IOV
>>> - NPV
>>> - VFIO
>>>
>>> These things could be handled on cluster level - hypervisors need to
>>> have the same hardware configuration anyway.
>>>
>>> Also, I think its time to add official support for OpenVswitch?
>>>
>> Are you looking for a specific functionality that is available via
>> OpenVswitch (=OVS)?
>> also we have the Neutron integration where we use OVS.
> I think its sufficient to say OVS is a 'real' modern switch while plain
> ol' linux bridge is not (so much any more). Of curse, maybe implementing
> other things like macvtap and / or SR-IOV achieves just the same thing
> (at least for me, as I then mange vlans/trunks and QoS, Spanning Tree
> ect. on my switches).
>
> I know you can point on OpenStack integration because you get those
> features for 'free' (see Ceph). But what about users like me who do not
> wish / can / should implement the whole OpenStack but rather want to run
> 'plain' oVirt?

that's why we added in 3.5 a standalone, pre-configured, neutron virtual 
appliance so you won't need "all of openstack"?

> I think this might not be a desirable way to add / modernize features as
> it creates a huge overhead (at least in my use case, medium business. I
> did this once for Glance 'just' to get a way to more easily handle
> import / export of image files, now I need to implement Neutron 'just'
> to get OVS?).
>
> Don't get me wrong - OpenStack integration is a wonderful thing witch
> leaves room for expansion - later on.
>
> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> On 12.09.2014 14:23, Itamar Heim wrote:
>>>> With oVirt 3.5 nearing GA, time to ask for "what do you want to see in
>>>> oVirt 3.6"?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>      Itamar
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