MultiClusterZones

• Launchpad Entry: NovaSpec:multi-cluster-in-a-region
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• Contributors: SandyWalsh

Summary

Older notes: http://etherpad.openstack.org/multicluster and http://etherpad.openstack.org/multicluster2

Release Note

Zones permit Nova deployments to separate groups of hosts into "Zones". Not all Zones need to contain Hosts, but rather, they may contain other Zones. This will permit finer-grained organizational structures. This proposal also allows for multiple root nodes (top-level Zones) so business units can partition the hosts in different ways for different purposes (i.e. geographical zones vs. functional zones).

Rationale

In order to scale Nova to 1mm host machines and 60mm guest instances we need a scheme to divide-and-conquer the effort.

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