[ovirt-users] [Feature review] Select network to be used for glusterfs

[Einav Cohen]

> 2. "Storage Network": if you intend to keep this role in the feature (I
> don't think it adds a lot of functionality, see article 1b), it might be
> better to call it "Gluster Network" - otherwise people using virt mode
> might think this network is gonna be used to communicate with other
> types of storage domains.

+1 on "Storage Network" -> "Gluster Network" (assuming this role is kept, 
as Lior mentioned). 


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lior Vernia" <lvernia at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 7:51:05 AM
> 
> Hi Sahina! :)
> 
> Cool feature, and I think long-awaited by many users. I have a few comments:
> 
> 1. In the "Add Bricks" dialog, it seems like the "IP Address" field is a
> list box - I presume the items contained there are all IP addresses
> configured on the host's interfaces.
> 
> 1. a. May I suggest that this contain network names instead of IP
> addresses? Would be easier for users to think about things (they surely
> remember the meaning of network names, not necessarily of IP addresses).
> 
> 1. b. If I correctly understood the mock-up, then configuring a "Storage
> Network" role only affects the default entry chosen in the list box. Is
> it really worth the trouble of implementing this added role? It's quite
> different than display/migration roles, which are used to determine what
> IP address to use at a later time (i.e. not when configuring the host),
> when a VM is run/migrated in the cluster.
> 
> 1. c. A word of warning: sometimes a host interface's IP address is
> missing in the engine - this usually happens when they're configured for
> the first time with DHCP, and the setup networks command returns before
> an IP address is allocated (this can later be resolved by refreshing
> host capabilities, there's a button for that). So when displaying items
> in the list box, you should really check that an IP address exists for
> each network.
> 
> 2. "Storage Network": if you intend to keep this role in the feature (I
> don't think it adds a lot of functionality, see article 1b), it might be
> better to call it "Gluster Network" - otherwise people using virt mode
> might think this network is gonna be used to communicate with other
> types of storage domains.
> 
> Yours, Lior.
> 
> On 12/01/15 14:00, Sahina Bose wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Please review the feature page for this proposed solution and provide
> > your inputs - http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Select_Network_For_Gluster
> > 
> > thanks
> > sahina
> > 
> > 
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