From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jes Sorensen Subject: Re: Livebackup feature for qemu/qemu-kvm Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 08:59:17 +0200 Message-ID: <4DBFA7C5.1030607@redhat.com> References: <4DBDDD67.5010208@sundar.org> <4DBEC155.6010307@redhat.com> <4DBF9978.8060609@sundar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , Anthony Liguori , Badari Pulavarty , Stefan Hajnoczi To: Jagane Sundar Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:56807 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751870Ab1ECHAZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2011 03:00:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DBF9978.8060609@sundar.org> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/03/11 07:58, Jagane Sundar wrote: > On 5/2/2011 7:36 AM, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> Reading your page, the first thing I stumble upon under 'Use Cases' is >> the reference to EBS storage. What is that? > EBS stands for Elastic Block Storage - Amazon EC2's shared storage > solution. This is the storage that comes with guarantees, since it is > replicated across machines. I see, it would be good if you made that more explicit in the document for those who aren't as experienced with EC2, like me. >> Under details, I think it is not a good idea to rely on QEMU >> looking for any files with specific file name suffixes. It really >> should be specified on the command line by the user or admin tool. > That's a good idea. Perhaps another attribute in the drive description > list, > just like type=virtio, maybe backup=livebackup. I think that is the right way to go. >> In general it looks interesting, you could consider submitting a >> presentation about Livebackup to the KVM Forum 2011. > > Glad to know that you think it is interesting. Also, thanks for the > pointer to KVM Forum 2011, Jes. It looks like I have a few more weeks > to get an abstract in for KVM forum 2011. I will do so. Excellent, please go ahead and submit it! Cheers, Jes