Cinder volume instance locality functionality

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/sahara/+spec/volume-instance-locality

This specification proposes to add an opportunity to have an instance and an attached volumes on the same physical host.

Problem description

Currently there is no way to specify that volumes are attached to the same physical host as the instance. It would be nice to have this opportunity.

Proposed change

This feature could be done with Cinder InstanceLocalityFilter which allows to request creation of volumes local to instance. It would increase performance of I/O operations.

There will be several changes:

  • Boolean field volume_local_to_instance will be added to every node group template, node group and templates relation. This field will be optional and False by default.

  • If volume_local_to_instance is set to True, Cinder volumes will be created on the same host.

  • If volume_local_to_instance is True, all instances of the node group should be created on hosts with free disk space >= volumes_per_node * volumes_size. If it cannot be done, error should be occurred.

Alternatives

None

Data model impact

volume_local_to_instance field should be added to node_groups, node_group_templates, templates_relations.

REST API impact

  • API will be extended to support volume_local_to_instance option. volume_local_to_instance is optional argument with False value by default, so this change will be backward compatible.

  • python client will be updated

Other end user impact

None

Deployer impact

None

Developer impact

None

Sahara-image-elements impact

None

Sahara-dashboard / Horizon impact

New field to select volume_local_to_instance option during node group template creation will be added.

Implementation

Assignee(s)

Primary assignee:

apavlov-n

Work Items

  • Adding ability to create instance and volumes on the same host;

  • Adding ability to create instance on appropriate host;

  • Updating documentation;

  • Updating UI;

  • Updating python client;

  • Adding unit tests.

Dependencies

None

Testing

Unit tests will be added.

Documentation Impact

Documentation will be updated. Will be documented when this feature can be used and when it cannot. Also will be noted how to enable it on Cinder side.

References