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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I thought I would forward my inquiry to these e-mail aliases as well to see if I could gauge some interest on the topic </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> Any assistance would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rajiv Borrison [mailto:rborrison@geminare.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Stephen Spector'; 'anne@openstack.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Openstack Object Storage<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Stephen,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you very much for your prompt response and for pointing me to the correct resources. I just wanted to elaborate to ensure that we’re on the same page – we plan on hosting the Ubuntu guest OS nodes for the Openstack cluster within VMware ESX, but will be using raw storage in the back end. Would this type of configuration be supported, or, does the Ubuntu nodes need to be hosted on physical hardware? Look forward to hearing from you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rajiv Borrison</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stephen Spector [mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rajiv Borrison; anne@openstack.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Openstack Object Storage<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Rajiv:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Thank you very much for your interest in the OpenStack project and specifically in testing Object Storage. The more people that test the software and provide feedback the better the final solution is for the fast growing user base. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>At this time, support for OpenStack is available in the following forms:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>IRC Channel #openstack – the OpenStack developer community actively participates in discussions on this IRC channel; Object Storage developers are on line and can assist (NOTE – the project code name for Object Storage is SWIFT and that is the term developers tend to use).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>OpenStack User Email List – <a href="mailto:openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org">openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org</a> (<a href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators)d">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators)</a> is a dedicated email list for users to post questions and work together to solve problems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>OpenStack Developer Email List – <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a> (<a href="https://launchpad.net/~openstack">https://launchpad.net/~openstack</a>) contains access to a developer mailing list where you can ask questions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Documentation – Anne Gentle leads the community in creating amazing documentation on all the various projects including Object Storage. The docs for Object Storage are available at <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-object-storage/developer/content">http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-object-storage/developer/content</a>/ or <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-object-storage/admin/content">http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-object-storage/admin/content</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Paid Support – Rackspace is the first or many companies to create a consulting organization who can provide a wide variety of support on a fee-based schedule; more information on that at <a href="http://www.rackspace.com/cloudbuilders">http://www.rackspace.com/cloudbuilders</a>/ <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>One more thing, VMware ESX hypervisor integration is on target to be available in our Cactus release next month. To run ESX you will need to get the latest developer builds; however, I am not sure on the steps required to make ESX works so the developers will be your best contact. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Hopefully this gives you plenty of ideas for moving forward. If you still have questions please feel free to contact me. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>- - - <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Stephen Spector, Rackspace<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>OpenStack Community Manager</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><a href="http://openstack.org/blog">OpenStack Blog</a><b> | </b><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">@opnstk_</a><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">com</a><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">_mgr</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Office</span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> +1 (512) 539-1162 | <b>Mobile</b> +1 (210) 415-0930</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Rajiv Borrison <<a href="mailto:rborrison@geminare.com">rborrison@geminare.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:53:44 -0400<br><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:rick@openstack.org">rick@openstack.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:anne@openstack.org">anne@openstack.org</a>>, Stephen Spector <<a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Openstack Object Storage<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>My name is Rajiv Borrison, we were interested in actually doing some testing with Openstack Object Storage as we potentially will be putting it within our production environment. We are a cloud-based DR service provider and your product sounds interesting indeed. We just had a couple of questions we were hoping you could answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>1)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>Is Object Storage compatible within a VMware vCenter environment with ESX? Or, does it require physical hardware?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>2)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>Your documentation states that RAID5/6 configurations are not recommended, these will be the back end data stores on our ESX servers, however the front end virtual storage device would likely be a NexentaStore virtual storage device utilizing the RAID5/6 back ends. Is this still not recommended? How does Object Storage interact with the physical RAID? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If will likely have additional questions in the future – so we were wondering if there was a primary contact we could speak/work with, if possible. 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