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Re: [clouds] CloudApps BoF (IETF-80) proposal for your review and comments

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Mon, 31 January 2011 18:49 UTC

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On 1/31/11 11:49 AM, Vishwas Manral wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> I would not totally agree. For nearly every new protocol developed,
> that I have worked on there has been seperate  requirement documents,
> use cases as well as protocol extension documents - have a look at
> MPLS, TRILL and PCE. I do not think we should not consider the phase.

I think it's easy to get bogged down use cases, surveys, frameworks, and
requirements. A WG could easily spend years on those tasks and run out
of energy before doing the real engineering work.

> I however agree it should be a shorter phase to define requirements
> and use cases.

As short as possible, but not shorter. :)

> You are right some of the drafts are about VDI, however the others you
> mention are now directly related to it (the Yokota draft is more about
> resource management and mobility in the cloud).

Correct.

I'm trying to be encouraging (some progress is being made) but realistic
(there's still a lot of work and focusing to do).

Peter

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