On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 04:57:45PM +0100, Vojtěch Trefný wrote: > I'm currently trying to find a way how to visually represent complex > storages (LVMs, RAIDs) in the blivet-gui[1] (and in the future for > anaconda too). > > ------ > TL;DR version: Help me find a way how to visually represent > storages, my current ideas[2] sucks. > ------ > > Even a simple Fedora installation on machine with a single harddrive > can produce quite a complex storage -- installation using encrypted > LVM results into seven devices with four level deep structure > (luks-physical volume-volume group-logical volumes). > > The challenge here is to create a simple graphical representation of > this situation (and of course also not so standard storages with > LVMs over RAIDs and other weird configurations) that would be easy > to understand and could fit into application window[3] (leaving > space for other widgets). > > I'm currently using system similar to GParted -- colored rectangles > with child devices "embedded" into their parents -- a little like > rectangular contour map -- https://vtrefny.fedorapeople.org/blivet-gui/storage-visualisation1.png > It looked like good idea but I think it is too complicated and hard > to understand with more "layers". Quick request/comment. No embedded colored rectangles, unless it supplements another system. Or really, do not make it so I cannot see what is on my disk. http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/living-with-colour-vision-deficiency/ > My second idea is derived from GNOME Disks -- https://vtrefny.fedorapeople.org/blivet-gui/storage-visualisation2.png > (just a mockup created using Gimp). Problem is it would need extra > space for some basic information (name, size...) and it would be > worse for more storages with more layers. > > The idea I like the most is using tree-like visualization -- https://vtrefny.fedorapeople.org/blivet-gui/storage-visualisation3.png > -- it can show the whole complex structure of the storage, > unfortunately it would never fit into the window. > > The result is I have three options that I don't like and I'm not > able to come up with something new or better. So I hope somebody > will come up with some amazing solution. Feel free to share all your > crazy ideas and thoughts. -- David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> Manager, Installer Engineering Team Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA | EST5EDT _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
