def build_service_structure(structure, previous_structure=None):
        """
        Builds a service structure
        Example:
            structure = Helper.build_service_structure({
                'alba_backends': [1],
                'alba_nodes': [1]
            })
        """
        if previous_structure is None:
            previous_structure = {}
        backend_types = previous_structure.get('backend_types', {})
        service_types = previous_structure.get('service_types', {})
        alba_backends = previous_structure.get('alba_backends', {})
        alba_nodes = previous_structure.get('alba_nodes', {})
        alba_disks = previous_structure.get('alba_disks', {})
        alba_osds = previous_structure.get('alba_osds', {})

        if 1 not in backend_types:
            backend_type = BackendType()
            backend_type.code = 'alba'
            backend_type.name = 'ALBA'
            backend_type.save()
            backend_types[1] = backend_type
        if 1 not in service_types:
            service_type = ServiceType()
            service_type.name = 'AlbaManager'
            service_type.save()
            service_types[1] = service_type
        for ab_id in structure.get('alba_backends', ()):
            if ab_id not in alba_backends:
                backend = Backend()
                backend.name = 'backend_{0}'.format(ab_id)
                backend.backend_type = backend_types[1]
                backend.save()
                alba_backend = AlbaBackend()
                alba_backend.backend = backend
                alba_backend.scaling = AlbaBackend.SCALINGS.LOCAL
                alba_backend.save()
                alba_backends[ab_id] = alba_backend
                service = Service()
                service.name = 'backend_{0}_abm'.format(ab_id)
                service.type = service_types[1]
                service.ports = []
                service.save()
                abm_service = ABMService()
                abm_service.service = service
                abm_service.alba_backend = alba_backend
                abm_service.save()
        for an_id in structure.get('alba_nodes', []):
            if an_id not in alba_nodes:
                alba_node = AlbaNode()
                alba_node.ip = '10.1.0.{0}'.format(an_id)
                alba_node.port = 8500
                alba_node.username = str(an_id)
                alba_node.password = str(an_id)
                alba_node.node_id = 'node_{0}'.format(an_id)
                alba_node.save()
                alba_nodes[an_id] = alba_node
        for ad_id, an_id in structure.get('alba_disks', ()):
            if ad_id not in alba_disks:
                alba_disk = AlbaDisk()
                alba_disk.aliases = ['/dev/alba_disk_{0}'.format(ad_id)]
                alba_disk.alba_node = alba_nodes[an_id]
                alba_disk.save()
                alba_disks[ad_id] = alba_disk
        for ao_id, ad_id, ab_id in structure.get('alba_osds', ()):
            if ao_id not in alba_osds:
                osd = AlbaOSD()
                osd.osd_id = 'alba_osd_{0}'.format(ao_id)
                osd.osd_type = AlbaOSD.OSD_TYPES.ASD
                osd.alba_backend = alba_backends[ab_id]
                osd.alba_disk = alba_disks[ad_id]
                osd.save()
                alba_osds[ao_id] = osd
        return {'backend_types': backend_types,
                'service_types': service_types,
                'alba_backends': alba_backends,
                'alba_nodes': alba_nodes,
                'alba_disks': alba_disks,
                'alba_osds': alba_osds}
    def build_dal_structure(structure, previous_structure=None):
        """
        Builds a service structure
        Example:
            structure = AlbaDalHelper.build_service_structure({
                'alba_backends': [1],
                'alba_nodes': [1]
            })
        """
        if previous_structure is None:
            previous_structure = {}
        alba_osds = previous_structure.get('alba_osds', {})
        alba_nodes = previous_structure.get('alba_nodes', {})
        backend_types = previous_structure.get('backend_types', {})
        service_types = previous_structure.get('service_types', {})
        alba_backends = previous_structure.get('alba_backends', {})
        alba_abm_clusters = previous_structure.get('alba_abm_clusters', {})
        alba_nsm_clusters = previous_structure.get('alba_nsm_clusters', {})

        if 1 not in backend_types:
            backend_type = BackendType()
            backend_type.code = 'alba'
            backend_type.name = 'ALBA'
            backend_type.save()
            backend_types[1] = backend_type

        if 'AlbaManager' not in service_types:
            service_type = ServiceTypeList.get_by_name('AlbaManager')
            if service_type is None:
                service_type = ServiceType()
                service_type.name = 'AlbaManager'
                service_type.save()
            service_types['AlbaManager'] = service_type
        if 'NamespaceManager' not in service_types:
            service_type = ServiceTypeList.get_by_name('NamespaceManager')
            if service_type is None:
                service_type = ServiceType()
                service_type.name = 'NamespaceManager'
                service_type.save()
            service_types['NamespaceManager'] = service_type
        for ab_id, scaling in structure.get('alba_backends', ()):
            if ab_id not in alba_backends:
                backend = Backend()
                backend.name = 'backend_{0}'.format(ab_id)
                backend.backend_type = backend_types[1]
                backend.save()
                alba_backend = AlbaBackend()
                alba_backend.backend = backend
                alba_backend.scaling = getattr(AlbaBackend.SCALINGS, scaling)
                alba_backend.alba_id = str(ab_id)
                alba_backend.save()
                alba_backends[ab_id] = alba_backend
        for ab_id in structure.get('alba_abm_clusters', ()):
            if ab_id not in alba_abm_clusters:
                if ab_id not in alba_backends:
                    raise ValueError('Non-existing ALBA Backend ID provided')
                alba_backend = alba_backends[ab_id]
                abm_cluster = ABMCluster()
                abm_cluster.name = '{0}-abm'.format(alba_backend.name)
                abm_cluster.alba_backend = alba_backend
                abm_cluster.config_location = '/ovs/arakoon/{0}-abm/config'.format(
                    alba_backend.name)
                abm_cluster.save()
                abm_service = Service()
                abm_service.name = 'arakoon-{0}-abm'.format(alba_backend.name)
                abm_service.type = service_types['AlbaManager']
                abm_service.ports = []
                abm_service.storagerouter = None
                abm_service.save()
                abm_junction_service = ABMService()
                abm_junction_service.service = abm_service
                abm_junction_service.abm_cluster = abm_cluster
                abm_junction_service.save()
                alba_abm_clusters[ab_id] = abm_cluster
        for ab_id, amount in structure.get('alba_nsm_clusters', ()):
            if ab_id not in alba_nsm_clusters or amount != len(
                    alba_nsm_clusters[ab_id]):
                if ab_id not in alba_backends:
                    raise ValueError('Non-existing ALBA Backend ID provided')
                alba_backend = alba_backends[ab_id]
                alba_nsm_clusters[ab_id] = []
                nsm_clusters = dict(
                    (nsm_cluster.number, nsm_cluster)
                    for nsm_cluster in alba_backend.nsm_clusters)
                for number in range(amount):
                    if number in nsm_clusters:
                        alba_nsm_clusters[ab_id].append(nsm_clusters[number])
                        continue
                    nsm_cluster = NSMCluster()
                    nsm_cluster.name = '{0}-nsm_{1}'.format(
                        alba_backend.name, number)
                    nsm_cluster.number = number
                    nsm_cluster.alba_backend = alba_backend
                    nsm_cluster.config_location = '/ovs/arakoon/{0}-nsm_{1}/config'.format(
                        alba_backend.name, number)
                    nsm_cluster.save()
                    nsm_service = Service()
                    nsm_service.name = 'arakoon-{0}-nsm_{1}'.format(
                        alba_backend.name, number)
                    nsm_service.type = service_types['NamespaceManager']
                    nsm_service.ports = []
                    nsm_service.storagerouter = None
                    nsm_service.save()
                    nsm_junction_service = NSMService()
                    nsm_junction_service.service = nsm_service
                    nsm_junction_service.nsm_cluster = nsm_cluster
                    nsm_junction_service.save()
                    alba_nsm_clusters[ab_id].append(nsm_cluster)
        for an_id in structure.get('alba_nodes', []):
            if an_id not in alba_nodes:
                alba_node = AlbaNode()
                alba_node.ip = '10.1.0.{0}'.format(an_id)
                alba_node.port = 8500
                alba_node.username = str(an_id)
                alba_node.password = str(an_id)
                alba_node.node_id = 'node_{0}'.format(an_id)
                alba_node.save()
                alba_nodes[an_id] = alba_node
                if alba_node in ManagerClientMockup.test_results:
                    ManagerClientMockup.test_results[alba_node].update(
                        {'get_metadata': {
                            '_version': 3
                        }})
                else:
                    ManagerClientMockup.test_results[alba_node] = {
                        'get_metadata': {
                            '_version': 3
                        }
                    }
        for ao_id, ab_id, an_id, slot_id in structure.get('alba_osds', ()):
            if ao_id not in alba_osds:
                osd = AlbaOSD()
                osd.osd_id = 'alba_osd_{0}'.format(ao_id)
                osd.osd_type = AlbaOSD.OSD_TYPES.ASD
                osd.alba_backend = alba_backends[ab_id]
                osd.alba_node = alba_nodes[an_id]
                osd.slot_id = 'alba_slot_{0}'.format(slot_id)
                osd.ips = ['127.0.0.{0}'.format(ao_id)]
                osd.port = 35000 + ao_id
                osd.save()
                alba_osds[ao_id] = osd
        return {
            'alba_osds': alba_osds,
            'alba_nodes': alba_nodes,
            'backend_types': backend_types,
            'service_types': service_types,
            'alba_backends': alba_backends,
            'alba_abm_clusters': alba_abm_clusters,
            'alba_nsm_clusters': alba_nsm_clusters
        }