[occi-wg] Fwd: vCloud API

[shlomo.swidler at gmail.com]

Sam,

I meant "it's not necessary to distinguish a virtual floppy..." for the use
case I described (transferring data without using the network).

For legacy apps that rely on a resource called a "floppy drive" it is
needed. And I agree that the way to do this is to designate it with an
adjective (= attribute), like the word "floppy". If there was some verb that
you could do to a "floppy" disk which distinguished it from a non-"floppy"
disk then "floppy disk" *might* be justified as a separate noun. [I am of
course ignoring the oft-overlooked use case for floppy disks: frisbee.]

.. Shlomo

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Sam Johnston <samj at samj.net> wrote:

> Shlomo,
>
> I'd be hesitant to remove legacy support for something that someone
> somewhere will need. For example you can move the encryption key for the
> Windows user accounts database (SAM) to a floppy which is consulted at boot
> (see q310305 <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310105>), some small linux
> distributions boot from floppies (or consult them for config - see gibraltar
> firewall), etc.
>
> However I'd planned to implement this as an attribute and if I remember
> well they're a noun in vCloud (this is one of my main grievances about
> vCloud - lots of nouns, albeit far less than its predecessors). Their API is
> very similar to the current thinking for OCCI, though I think there's still
> a far bit of unnecessary complexity we can boil off (which is no wonder when
> you consider its roots).
>
> Sam
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:53 AM, <shlomo.swidler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To the list this time.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: <shlomo.swidler at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [occi-wg] vCloud API
>> To: Randy Bias <randyb at neotactics.com>
>>
>>
>> Randy,
>>
>> Do share the use case, please?
>>
>> It could be useful in transferring small amounts of data (e.g. secret
>> account credentials) between machines without using the network. But it's
>> not necessary to distinguish a virtual floppy disk from any other type of
>> disk, as long as you can make a small enough volume size (1.44 Mb?) for the
>> cost to be irrelevant.
>>
>> .. Shlomo
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Randy Bias <randyb at neotactics.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've actually found very good use for these.
>>>
>>> --Randy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Wes Felter wrote:
>>>
>>> http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/forums/vcloudapi
>>>
>>> It supports virtual floppy disks; clearly we must add this essential
>>> feature to OCCI immediately. :-)
>>>
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