Agreed, the parameter seems to be there only to limit the number of nbds Nova will arbitrarily try to grab... and in no way to increase the number the system can handle.
** Changed in: nova Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861504 Title: nova-compute-lxc limited by available nbd devices to 16 instances To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/861504/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs