{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284/events","html_url":"https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284","id":82123747,"number":284,"title":"Question: Disk Types","user":{"login":"meteorfox","id":232300,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232300?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox","html_url":"https://github.com/meteorfox","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":12,"created_at":"2015-05-28T21:03:49Z","updated_at":"2015-06-02T19:06:43Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Now that the DISK_TYPE dictionary has been refactored to each provider's disk implementation, what's the best way to represent local/remote disks that can both be spinning disks and/or SSD disks?\r\n\r\nUnder disk.py I can only see these types defined\r\n\r\n```python\r\nSTANDARD = 'standard'\r\nREMOTE_SSD = 'remote_ssd'\r\nPIOPS = 'piops'  # Provisioned IOPS (SSD) in AWS\r\nLOCAL = 'local'\r\n```\r\nIn Rackspace's case, depending on the flavor (a.k.a machine-type/instance-type), disks could be local or remote, and they can be either spinning disks or SSDs.\r\n\r\nPerhaps introduce REMOTE_HDD constant? What do you think?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/comments/108059242","html_url":"https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284#issuecomment-108059242","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/issues/284","id":108059242,"user":{"login":"meteorfox","id":232300,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232300?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox","html_url":"https://github.com/meteorfox","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/meteorfox/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-06-02T19:06:43Z","updated_at":"2015-06-02T19:06:43Z","body":"@klausw Great point. I agree, seen from that perspective I can see the value of something like GetScratchDir() taking care of the details.\r\n"}}