Instances should use cow instead of flat files
Registered by
Vish Ishaya
Right now, instance disks are stored as files in the system and manually partitioned. This leads to very slow load times and a lot of redundant data. Instances should use Copy on Write to conserve space and speed up launch times.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Rick Clark
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- Vish Ishaya
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Vish Ishaya
- Definition:
- Pending Approval
- Series goal:
- Accepted for bexar
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Vish Ishaya
- Completed by
- Thierry Carrez
Whiteboard
Feedback at the design summit was that LVMs with CoW are inefficient. It is better to use hypervisor-specific CoW images. Changed the spec to reflect that.
Got basic code in. Debugging. Should be ready for review by tonight.
Code in for review.
(?)
Work Items
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
