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[Jay Pipes <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Both ideas seem good and reasonable to me. :)

-jay

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Chuck Thier <cthier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are two concepts that I would like Nova Volumes to support:
>
> 1.  Allow different storage classes within a storage driver.  For
> example, in our case we will have some nodes with high iops
> capabilities and other nodes for cheaper/larger  volumes.
>
> 2.  Allow for different storage backends to be used and specified by
> the user.  For example, you might want to use both the Lunr volume
> backend, and one of the SAN backends.
>
> I think having the idea of a volume type when creating a volume would
> support both of these features.  I have started a blueprint and spec
> below, and would like to solicit feedback.
>
> Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/volume-type
> Spec: http://etherpad.openstack.org/volume-type
>
> Please let me know what you think, and if you have any questions.
>
> --
> Chuck
>
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