I believe we discussed this in the December timeframe. I'm still a fan of the idea.
On 7/11/11 2:37 PM, "Eric Day" <e...@oddments.org> wrote: >We did discuss using IPV6 addresses as IDs months ago (IRC and email), >but I don't remember why we decided not to. It may have been due to >current adoption. I think it was pvo who originally had the idea. > >-Eric > >On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 07:24:39PM +0000, Chris Behrens wrote: >> >> 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 : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >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 : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
