Re: [Libvir] Request for additional entry points
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:33:29PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
[...]
What would you anticipate the scope of the domains defined with these
APIs to be. Would they be visible to only to the app defining them (ie
just kept in process memory), shared between any locally running app
using libvirt on the host, or shared between arbitrary apps connecting
to the HV, even if connecting remotely ?
initially the first at least for the implementation test period, then
probably the second because resiliency to restart and common view will
be needed. The third one I don't think I can technically implement it
without forcing xend to switch to a common format, and there is no way
I can suggest this will be reachable.
[...]
There is nothing fundamentally wrong - *if* you are only aiming to
support
the needs of a simple local management tool. In the broader case though it
does not look to be effective because it:
[...]
So I think my core question is - what are the client application uses
cases
& scenarios which these APIs are intended to serve.
CIM providers primarily and similar local management tools or agents.
Daniel
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