[ClusterLabs Developers] Potential logo for Cluster Labs

[Adam Spiers]

Ken Gaillot <kgaillot at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/24/2016 03:47 PM, Digimer wrote:
> > On 24/08/16 02:19 PM, Jan Pokorný wrote:
> >> On 24/08/16 12:50 -0500, Ken Gaillot wrote:
> >>> I was doodling the other day and came up with a potential logo for
> >>> Cluster Labs. I've attached an example of what I came up with. It's
> >>> meant to subtly represent an outer "C" of resources around an inner "L"
> >>> of nodes.
> >>>
> >>> We have a Pacemaker logo used on the website already, but I thought it
> >>> might be nice to have a Cluster Labs logo for the website and
> >>> documentation, that could tie all the various projects together.
> >>>
> >>> Comments anyone? The example here is greyscale for discussion purposes,
> >>> but the final should have some color scheme.
> >>> Suggestions/revisions/alternatives are welcome.
> >>
> >> Not a bad idea to start with.

Agreed, looks like a decent start.

> >> I just hope the graphic source boils down to vectors (preferably SVG).
> >> We are not binary patchers, afterall ;-)

Big +1 for SVG :-)

> > I like the core idea, too.
> > 
> > If you want, we've got a designer on retainer that we use. I'd be happy
> > to pass your idea of the cluster + nodes (which I really like) and see
> > what he can pop out. You're taking the lead on this though, so I will
> > leave any final decision to you. I'm a big fan of doocracies. :P
> 
> That would be amazingly generous :-)

Yeah, having a designer involved would be awesome.

FWIW, the first idea which came to my mind when thinking about a
Cluster Labs logo was a ring topology (similar to this one[0] but more
circular with ~12-16 nodes, all of them with a smaller radius relative
to the main circle) with a light bulb icon in the middle of the ring.
So the circle of nodes would obviously represent "Cluster" and the
light bulb would represent "Labs".

My second idea was that instead of each node being a simple circle, it
could be shaped like a light bulb icon.  Then the central light bulb
could be ditched, and potentially replaced with lines between every
node, making it a true mesh cluster rather than just a ring.

But maybe they are both dumb ideas - I'm no designer ;-)  Feel free to
take them or leave them ...

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/NetworkTopology-Ring.png