Storage bandwidth is wasted during template uploads/imports
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At the moment when a template is being imported (via url or upload) there is a phase called "Installing template" or something similar. From what I noticed this phase calculates a hash and saves it to the database by reading the downloaded file over the storage network.
During this phase the template is not usable and I believe that should not be the case. I understand that the hash has a purpose and I am not saying it should be removed but I believe this should be an optional task that should be done in background.
In the following examples I do not consider disk speeds, just network speed/bandwidth.
For normal templates this is not necessarily noticeable. Consider this scenario (best case):
Template size: 4GB
Ingress bandwidth: 100 mb/s
Storage bandwidth: 1 gb/s
Download time required: 5.45 seconds
Installing template time required: ~0.6 seconds
Most templates (not ISOs) however are considerably larger, some could be even up to 500 GB (I do have a few templates that I have to import with very large sizes).
In such a case, installing template time required would be about 75 seconds (best case).
During this time (installing template time) the whole bandwidth available for the storage network (if it even is on a separate NIC) would be used up by this process resulting in bad performance for the cluster.
Ways to fix this would be:
1. either compute the hash as the transfer is happening.
2. make it optional (maybe even opt-in) and do it in background only (maybe even limit the bandwidth used for this)
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Empieza rastreando la ruta de importación de la URL/carga del template alrededor de la fase «Installing template» y, después, identifica dónde se vuelve a leer desde el almacenamiento el archivo descargado y dónde se guarda su hash. Compara los pasos de transferencia y lectura desde el almacenamiento. Se considera terminado cuando la disponibilidad del template no está bloqueada por una lectura completa independiente del almacenamiento, el hash requerido sigue siendo correcto y el comportamiento propuesto en segundo plano o de ancho de banda está definido.
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- Stack tecnológico
- java
- Área
- cloud, infrastructure, performance
- Tipo de issue
- Nueva funcionalidad
- Dificultad
- 4/5
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- 3-5 días
- Estado de actividad
- Tranquilo
- Claridad
- Bastante claro
- Aptitud para principiantes
- 45/100