Wednesday, 2021-09-15

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ttx#startmeeting large_scale_sig15:00
opendevmeetMeeting started Wed Sep 15 15:00:29 2021 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes.  The chair is ttx. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.15:00
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opendevmeetThe meeting name has been set to 'large_scale_sig'15:00
oneswig_hi15:00
ttx#topic Rollcall15:00
belmoreirao/15:00
ttxfull house today! amorin ?15:00
oneswig_o/15:00
amorinhello!15:00
ttxalright, let's get this started15:01
ttxOur agenda for today is at:15:01
ttx#link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/large-scale-sig-meeting15:01
ttx#topic Next OpenInfraLive session15:01
ttxSo we'll have another "Large Scale OpenStack" episode on OpenInfra.Live on Oct 2415:01
ttxWe had a TODO for belmoreira to draft the episode description15:01
ttxBut that raised questions whether "Architecture choices" was the best topic15:02
ttxbelmoreira was considering "ops pain points" instead, but I'm not sure the format would work well15:02
ttxSince we can have only a few selected guests, it will end up being their pain points15:02
ttxwith no way to simply validate that those are shared more widely15:02
ttxAfter meeting a couple of users lately there was a recurrent theme I would like to propose instead15:03
ttx"Neutron scaling best practices"15:03
belmoreirayeah... sorry for bringing the live episode discussion again15:03
ttxBecause I got LOTS of questions on the "proper" way to do Neutron at scale in 2021.15:03
ttxLike... am I the only one using RBAC and encountering scaling issues?15:03
ttxIs OVS or OVN the way of the future? Are provider networks a good idea?15:03
ttxWe could invite the Neutron PTL and a few others to get their view on those best practices15:04
amorinif we do so, we should invite someone from neutron team to discuss15:04
ttxMaybe Kolla-Ansible people on their choices of defaults15:04
ttxamorin: you read my mindn15:04
oneswig_We are about to start an investigation on routed networks and OVN.  I think this is a good topic :-)15:04
amorin(you were quicker than me)15:04
ttx+ a few new users at that moment in their scaling journey that they are wondering if they are betting on the right horse15:04
ttxWhat do you think?15:04
amoringreat topic in my opinion15:05
genekuoSounds good15:05
ttxhappy to include one of you if you think you have a great model story on that front15:05
belmoreirasounds good15:05
oneswig_I can ask the kolla-ansible ptl15:06
ttxbut the more I look the more I find people who are not 100% sure of their setup15:06
amorinwe are using custom model, not upstream, so I dont think we are good speakers for this15:06
ttxamorin: ack15:06
ttxgenekuo: do y'all at LINE have a good setup to share? Or struggling too?15:06
ttxbelmoreira: IIRC your setup is "keep it simple and avoid issues"?15:07
genekuoWe also have written our own plug-ins, so probably not the best to be one of the speaker15:07
ttxheh maybe writing up your own thing is the best practice lol15:07
amorin:)15:07
ttxGood speakers are people with an horizontal view of what works and what doesn't15:08
ttx+ a few users with candid questions15:08
belmoreiracern uses linux bridge (mostly to have an easier migration from nova-network and it's simple!). If we go for pain points it would be mostly rabbit. However we are investigating Tungsten fabric. 15:08
amorinmaybe zigo?15:08
belmoreirathe best would be to check with my colleague that manages Neutron15:08
ttxOne of the users I talked to was struggling with Neutron RBAC generating a lot of load15:08
amorindont remember his company15:08
ttxInfomaniak15:09
amorinI know he was active on some neutron topics recently15:09
amorinbut I dont know the scale 15:09
ttxLike does anyone else use Neutron RBAC? Is that even a good idea?15:09
ttximtiazc: we are discussing doing "Neutron scaling best practices" as the next OILive episode15:10
ttxbelmoreira: ++15:10
imtiazcThanks! @ttx15:11
belmoreiraat scale we need to be gentle with Neutron. Any new addition (RBAC) can disturb the force15:11
ttximtiazc: I talked to a few users and they all cited Neutron architectural choices as being one of the most nebulous choice they need to make15:11
ttxbelmoreira: you sound like Yoda15:11
ttxBut yeah, Neutron is clearly the new RabbitMQ in terms of ops top-of-mind15:12
ttxyou can get it wrong and be stuck with it15:12
imtiazcThere are lots of provider options to choose from. I believe operators also have their different use cases. 15:13
ttxbut even answering " what would you recommend as a driver those days" is a very good question to candidly answer 15:13
oneswig_ttx: can you confirm the date?15:13
ttxOct 24 14utc15:13
ttxweek after PTG15:13
oneswig_Could it be Oct 28th?  24th is a Sunday15:14
ttxhaha. hmm15:14
* ttx triplechecks15:14
ttxprobably 28 yes, checking15:15
imtiazcWe can go over how we made our decision lately after considering all the viable options. 15:16
ttxOctober 14!15:16
ttxhttps://meetings.opendev.org/meetings/large_scale_sig/2021/large_scale_sig.2021-09-01-15.01.log.html#l-3015:17
ttxThe logs do not lie15:17
ttxSorry for the confusion15:17
ttxSo... week BEFORE Ptg15:17
oneswig_thanks ttx!15:17
ttxoneswig_: are you gong to approach the Kolla-Ansible PTL about this? If he can bring the StackHPC experience trying multiple solutions there, taht would be awesome15:18
ttxgoing*15:18
oneswig_I can do that, yes.15:18
oneswig_Coincidentally he's done quite a lot with OVN upstream as well.15:19
ttx#info Oct 14 tentative episode topic: "Neutron scaling best practices"15:19
ttx#action oneswig_ to contact Kolla-Ansible PTL about participating15:19
ttx#action ttx to contact Neutron PTL about participating15:19
ttx#action belmoreira to connect with internal CERN neutron people to see if they have a good angle to bring15:20
ttxcould be interesting to have Rd Hat or Canonical people on their own choices of drivers / configs that work well in their experience15:20
imtiazcWe worked closely with RH last year. Their recommendation is OVN. 15:21
ttxCool, great to know15:21
ttxIf we manage to get good answers we could document them in our large Scale Journey wiki15:22
ttxbut worst case scenario it's a great topic to openly discuss15:22
ttxany other idea of who could bring interesting insights to the table?15:22
ttxI don;t really want to turn it into a drivers fight with each brand fighting. I prefer to have a bunch of curators discuss what works well for them15:23
genekuoIt will be great if we can invite someone using Calico15:23
genekuoIMO, it's a very different approach compare to other common plug-ins15:23
amorinAFAIK it has limitations15:24
imtiazcBloomberg has been using Calico. We just started building with Calico. Salesforce has been using Calico in production for years. 15:24
ttxhmm yes or at least make sure that angle is covered15:24
oneswig_+115:24
ttxOK, other thoughts?15:24
genekuoYeah, it have limitations, but it works very well in some cases15:24
amorinack15:24
ttxif you accept limitations it works well" is good insight15:25
ttxalright if no other suggestions/actions, we'll move on to next topic15:26
ttx#topic Large Scale Journey updates15:26
imtiazcEvery choice of driver has trade-offs :) Software architecture is all about making the decision that best suits one's needs.15:26
ttximtiazc: no we want absolute answers!15:26
amorinlol15:26
ttxOVN good! OVS bad! (or is it the other way around??)15:27
reedipmulti-driver war...15:27
ttx#link https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Large_Scale_SIG15:27
ttxDoes anyone has updates/blockers on actions related to documenting the Journey?15:27
genekuoI have some updates on the docs15:27
genekuothanks to reedip15:27
genekuoStill have to adjust the layout though15:28
reedipthanks for the reviews @genekuo...  15:29
ttxany specific part updated?15:30
mdelavergnemaybe after the next live ? :P15:30
genekuoYeah, mostly on how to track error rates and saturation/performance issues15:31
ttxnice!15:31
ttxalright, anyone else?15:31
ttxif not...15:31
ttx#topic Next meeting15:31
ttx#info next IRC meeting on Sept 2915:31
ttxMy goal is to have most of the guests for the episode confirmed by then15:32
ttxas well as a clear episode description15:32
ttxso tat we can discuss last details15:33
ttx#topic Open discussion15:33
ttxAlright, does anyone have a question to discuss with the group?15:33
genekuoNothing from me15:33
ttxFWIW I've been inviting to this group those users that are on the verge of scaling up dramatically 15:34
ttxBecause they have lots of questions, which could be a good way of rapidly improving our doc15:34
ttxwe'll see if they take the bait15:35
genekuoIt's always good to have more people joining the discussion :)15:35
amorinagree15:35
ttxyeah, and they usually have experience of newer releases so this can be a two-way street15:35
ttxHopefully that open discussion section of the meeting will be more lively as a result!15:36
ttxBut for today... if nobody has questions (yet)...15:36
belmoreira+115:36
ttxLet's close early again! Have a great day/week, talk to you all soon15:37
ttx#endmeeting15:37
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genekuoThanks all!15:37
amorinbye15:37
mdelavergnethanks everyone, see you!15:37
oneswig_see you15:38
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