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From: Anthony Xu <Xuefei.Xu@citrix.com>
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:28:44 -0800
Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods, Clusters, Hosts
 to a domain
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> In this feature
> - Root Admin should be able to dedicate a pod/cluster/host to a
> particular domain or sub-domain.

How about primary storage?  Can PS be dedicated to a domain?

Can an account have dedicated resource?

> - If there is no available resources in the dedicated pod/cluster/host,
> then CloudStack should fail the operation
>   for a user in that domain.

If this happens, how does admin handle this?
Can admin extend resource for this domain?


Anthony


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deepti Dohare [mailto:deepti.dohare@citrix.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:20 PM
> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; cloudstack-
> users@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods, Clusters, Hosts
> to a domain
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> Currently in CloudStack architecture, domains can have dedicated zones
> but not pods, clusters or hosts.
>=20
> We are proposing this functionality in "Dedicated Resources" where a
> domain or a sub-domain can have dedicated pods,  clusters or hosts.
>=20
> Why we need this feature:
> Dedicating a zone might be very expensive offering for an end users,
> whereas dedicating a pod, cluster or a host
> may be more economical. This feature will allow Root-Admin to dedicate
> resources to a specific domain that needs
> private infrastructure for additional security or performance
> guarantees.
>=20
> In this feature
> - Root Admin should be able to dedicate a pod/cluster/host to a
> particular domain or sub-domain.
> - Any users in that domain can access pod/cluster/host dedicated to
> their domain.
> - No users outside that domain, can access the dedicated pod, cluster
> or hosts (eg. deploy instance on that pod/cluster/host).
> - If there is no available resources in the dedicated pod/cluster/host,
> then CloudStack should fail the operation
>   for a user in that domain.
>=20
> I have filed a jira request:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-681, to track this
> feature. Please let me know any comments and suggestions.
>=20
> Thanks
> Deepti