diff --git a/load_balancing.md b/load_balancing.md index 78fa8f246..be532daef 100644 --- a/load_balancing.md +++ b/load_balancing.md @@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ Load balancing is feature coming for the end of 2015. The goal here is to **dist Because Xen Orchestra is connected to [multiple pools](xo-server.md) and XenServer supports [live storage motion](https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-solutions/storage-xenmotion-live-storage-migration-with-citrix-xenserver.pdf?accessmode=direct), we can imagine load balancing on a **whole XenServer infrastructure** (even between remote Data Centers). -## Challenges +## First challenges We are already capable to gather the metrics from all the hosts and VMs. But we need now to: * analyze the global load * detect bottlenecks -* act accordingly \ No newline at end of file +* compare to user limits +* act accordingly + +There is also a lof of unknown parameters: + +* a live storage motion could be very long on remote DC if your bandwidth is low +* avoid to made worse than no load balancing (this is easier than you think!) \ No newline at end of file