On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Chiradeep Vittal <chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> wrote: > Yes, I believe an alarm should be raised. This way it is possible to > initiate a workflow in an external system to get higher limits approved.
+1 to that! > On 1/23/13 9:06 AM, "Sanjay Tripathi" <sanjay.tripa...@citrix.com> wrote: > >> >>Comments Inline >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:22 PM >>> To: CloudStack DeveloperList >>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Limit Resources to domain/account >>> >>> Are there any alarms / events /warnings raised for this condition? >>[] If user cross the resource limit set for his/her account, CloudStack >>throws a message to the user that limit of this resource type has been >>exceeded. Apart from this CS does not send any alarm or warnings for this >>condition(if there is a requirement for this, I can definitely add it >>into this feature). >> >>> Can the end-user see how much capacity he / she has left (through an API >>> call) >>> Can they see it on the UI? >>[] We don't have separate API for this. To calculate the resources that >>are left for his/her account, user can use listAccounts API which >>displays the resource limits and the total resources that are being >>consumed by that account. >>In CloudStack UI, user can see the resource details under the "accounts" >>detailView. >> >>> Should the limits be associated with an account? Or should the account >>>be >>> linked to a 'rate plan'. >>> >>> On 1/21/13 10:36 PM, "Chiradeep Vittal" <chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >Please update the FS with this important detail. >>> > >>> >On 1/16/13 11:52 AM, "Sanjay Tripathi" <sanjay.tripa...@citrix.com> >>>wrote: >>> > >>> >>Koushik, >>> >> >>> >>>What is the upgrade story? For e.g. say based on the existing VM's >>> >>>for an account, the total CPU and RAM exceeds the global maximums. >>> >>>What happens in this case? >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>If admin sets the limits for an account and suppose that account >>> >>already has existing VMs whose total CPU and RAM counts are exceeding >>> >>the limits, in this case CloudStack would not shut down the VMs >>> >>assigned to account to level the resources. If the user tries to >>> >>deploy a VM, CS will check the limits of that account and in this case >>> >>CS will not allow the account to deploy the VM. >>> >> >>> >>>Also for CPU number of cores are considered, should speed also be >>> >>>considered? >>> >>Thanks for suggestion :), we can consider speed also as a part of CPU >>> >>resource. >>> >> >>> >>Thanks, >>> >>Sanjay >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> From: Chris Sears [mailto:chris.x.se...@sungard.com] >>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:39 PM >>> >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >>> >>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Limit Resources to domain/account >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:00 AM, Sanjay Tripathi >>> >>> <sanjay.tripa...@citrix.com >>> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> > Can anyone suggest that what should be the default max resource >>> >>> > values that an account/project can have for the following global >>> >>> > config >>> >>> parameters: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> It seems like the least surprising default max would be to leave >>> >>>them all unlimited. Otherwise, it's likely some admins will just >>> >>>overlook this and then just stumble upon the arbitrary limit. If you >>> >>>default to unlimited, only admins who need to restrict it will need >>> >>>to be concerned with the settings. >>> >>> >>> >>> As an aside, I wasn't clear from the FS how to specify "unlimited" >>> >>>in the UI. >>> >>> Does leaving the value blank imply unlimited? >>> >>> >>> >>> - Chris >>> > >> > >
