If you're referring to encoding zone information, yes it would. I was trying to ask more generally as well. IPv6 would be a very good solution, IMO.
- Chris On Jul 11, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Sandy Walsh wrote: > Won't an IPv6 address do that by it's very nature? > > -S > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf > of Chris Behrens [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 4:24 PM > To: Ed Leafe > Cc: [email protected]; Chris Behrens > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Cross-zone instance identifiers in EC2 API - Is it > worth the effort? > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Eric Day wrote: >> >>>> How is >>>> >>>> nova-<account>-<instance uuid> >>>> >>>> any different than: >>>> >>>> AAAABBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEE-FFFFGGGGHHHH >>>> >>>> Where AAAA/BBBB/CCCC (or some subset of them) are reserved/regulated? >>> >>> Nothing, if DDDD-EEEE-FFFFGGGGHHHH is a full UUID. If we compare to >>> swift, the account prefix is a UUID too. The account prefix could be >>> fixed for a session or passed in to every request depending on how >>> things are decided. >> >> <sigh> >> >> It's a shame that the ipv6 proposal was never more fully considered. >> That would handle the uniqueness, with the added benefit of providing simple >> zone routing via DNS, with the exact same 128-bit/32 char size. > > I don't I remember that proposal, but that's such a neat idea. Was anything > discussed at all in Santa Clara regarding encoding zone information in the > instance identifier? I apparently missed the instance identifier discussion > somehow. > > - Chris > > > This email may include confidential information. If you received it in error, > please delete it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp This email may include confidential information. If you received it in error, please delete it. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
