From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57849) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1ZCE-0002FX-PC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:20:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1ZCD-0008OI-HW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:20:10 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22c]:55118) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1ZCD-0008NY-CK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:20:09 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f172.google.com with SMTP id gq1so4590998obb.3 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:20:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20140108174130.GA13802@redhat.com> <20140108222748.GB13802@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:20:07 +0800 Message-ID: From: Stefan Hajnoczi Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0444ee69f76a5804ef9b1113 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU detachable overlays and Union Mounts List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: kausik pal Cc: "Richard W.M. Jones" , qemu-devel --f46d0444ee69f76a5804ef9b1113 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Jan 10, 2014 1:52 PM, "kausik pal" wrote: > If the above mentioned QEMU/KVM overlay feature can be made into existence then we can bring out a cost effective VDI management or VM management solution that can compete with the commercial vendors. It's an interesting problem to solve. I suspect others would find detachable overlays useful too. I hope you want to develop this feature as open source software. It's also in scope for a Google Summer of Code project. In that case a student could work on the project for 12 weeks during the summer. More requirements and design details need to be fleshed out before it can be packaged as a GSoC project idea though. Let me know if GSoC sounds like a good route to create this feature. Not sure if it fits your timeframe. --f46d0444ee69f76a5804ef9b1113 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Jan 10, 2014 1:52 PM, "kausik pal" <kausikpal.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> If the above mentioned QEMU/KVM overlay feature can be made into exist= ence then we can bring out a cost effective VDI management or VM management= solution that can compete with the commercial vendors.

It's an interesting problem to solve. I suspect others w= ould find detachable overlays useful too.

I hope you want to develop this feature as open source softw= are.

It's also in scope for a Google Summer of Code project. = In that case a student could work on the project for 12 weeks during the su= mmer. More requirements and design details need to be fleshed out before it= can be packaged as a GSoC project idea though.

Let me know if GSoC sounds like a good route to create this = feature. Not sure if it fits your timeframe.

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