[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Separating ovn nb&sb databases

[Russell Bryant]

On 02/08/2016 04:09 PM, Michael wrote:
> I will do this stuff tomorrow, I will take the way ovsdb is started
> using ovs-ctl and refactor the logic in a shared library.

> What I will do for start is make some flags to have the option of
> running dbs separately.

OK thanks,

> I was also thinking about the database issue for HA and I’m currently
> thinking why not to leverage the current ecosystem of distributed
> dbs.
> 
> In specific why not to make the db interface pluggable?

Yes, that's an option and has been suggested before.  It hasn't been
touched yet for a few reasons:

1) Development last year was mostly around bootstrapping the project and
getting core features functional.

2) Using ovsdb-server has been *very* convenient, since you already get
it with OVS.  It'd be nice to keep it at least as an option since it's
so convenient.

3) There was existing work around distributing ovsdb-server, so it
seemed reasonable to see how that worked out before investigating
alternatives.

I believe #3 is still being worked on, but I don't know any details on
progress.  Maybe Andy Zhou can weigh in?

-- 
Russell Bryant