[news.eclipse.tools.hyades] Re: Hyades design?

[Bryan Hunt <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In <b7k2a1$jd0$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mike Norman wrote:

Mike, thanks for your comments.

> The communication and execution frameworks are pluggable.  A number of
> vendors currently see performance and scalability, reliability etc. at
> this layer as being a value-add.  THe Execution group is working on 
> the API which this pluggable layer has to present into the workbench.  
> There will be a reference implementation based upon the IBM RAC, but 
> the tool compatibility point is the Execution API. 

This is good to hear.  It wasn't obvious from the existing documentation.

> The other key compatibility point is the test model. Again, don't
> initially expect all execution environments to deal with all tests
> expressible in the test model, but do expect universal test execution
> environments to emerge over time. 

I think this is where we would like to head with our planned work.
 
> Yes.  You should download drivers models etc (as they emerge) and 
> start playing with them.  Once you are familiar with them we can have 
> a conversation about how you feel able to contribute.

Ok, I'll take a look around, and try to read more of the docs in detail.  

BTW, to give you a taste of where I'm coming from ... we have a huge 
system that runs tests 24/7 with approximately 1 to 2 new tests started 
per second.  The amount of data we have to manage can bring down an IT 
infrastructure in a heartbeat.  We are seriously interested in looking 
at Hyades to help us build a more manageable, flexible, and integrated 
system.

Bryan