[Openstack] Cinder vs Swift architecture

Abhishek Shrivastava abhishek at cloudbyte.com
Mon Oct 5 07:26:10 UTC 2015


Hi Ayushi,

If you had not gone through this link, then please have a look and let us
know if it is useful:

   -
   http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/OpenStack-storage-Cinder-and-Swift-explained


On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Ayushi Kumar <ayushi.03march at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Even after going through number of links and documents online , I am
> unable to understand that exactly
>
>    - * how file storage , cinder and swift work if I talk in terms of a
>    personal computer which has openstack insatlled on it.*
>
> Can anyone please explain that if I have a hard drive then
>
>    - * how cinder uses it for block storage and and how swift uses it for
>    object storage.*
>
> Though the difference between the two storage is clear ,I am unable to
> understand how the same hard drive is used for both object storage and
> block storage .
>
> Regards
> Ayushi
>
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*Thanks & Regards,*
*Abhishek*
*Cloudbyte Inc. <http://www.cloudbyte.com>*
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