On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya <vishvana...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I'm writing to announce my candidacy for the Project Technical Lead of Nova > for the Grizzly Release cycle. > > Qualifications > -------------- > > I was part of the original Anso Labs Team that created Nova at NASA[1]. I > have more commits to nova than any other contributor[2] and the second most > in the past 12 months[3]. I am the most active reviewer for nova commits[4] I > have been the Nova PTL since the position waw created[5]. > > Folsom Accomplishments > ---------------------- > > A lot was achieved in Nova during this cycle. I have to give most of the > credit to the active contributors we had. I don't have space to cover > everything that we achieved during the release but here are some key points: > > * Split the volume code into its own project and helped it get under way. > * Versioned the rpc apis > * Improved api testing and xml support > * Moved instances to using exclusively UUIDs > * Improved our state management and minimized race conditions > * Cleaned up the quota management to make it more robust > > Grizzly Plan > ------------ > > While there is a great deal to be determined at the design summit, I think > there are a few key things that we need to focus on over the next cycle. > > * Spreadi > * No DB compute: We did a huge amount of preparation during folsom to allow > us to remove database access from the compute nodes. This will dramatically > improve the security profile of nova and allow us to scale > * Better quantum integration: We are very close to a seamless integration > with quantum where a provider could be using quantum on the backend and > end-users wouldn't even have to know. > * Upgrade consistency: Now that we have rpc versioning, we should be able to > take steps to allow for the possibility of live upgrades > * Better support for custom backends: we need to solidify the driver > interfaces so custom backends can potentially live out-of-tree. This will > allow the management > > Vish > > [1] > https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/f04c6ab2d082ce8fe48ec58cb5c7cc64ed2a282b > [2] http://www.ohloh.net/p/novacc/contributors?query=&sort=commits > [3] http://www.ohloh.net/p/novacc/contributors > [4] http://173.203.107.207/~soren/stats/nova-30days.json > [5] https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg01674.html
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