[Openstack] The list of the backend storage for openstack.

Lei Zhang zhang.lei.fly at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 09:01:35 UTC 2012


@Zhiteng(I presume you are a thinese, right? ;) ), Thank you very much. I
catch your meaning.


On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Huang Zhiteng <winston.d at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the short answer is it depends.  It really depends on what
> kind of user needs you want to use storage system to fulfill.  There's
> no best solution but in each specific case, there can be one most
> suitable solution for the requirement.  I know this may not be the
> answer you are seeking but I'd say start looking at the problem you
> are solving and figure out what kind of specific needs the problem has
> for storage, then you may easily narrow down # of candidates.
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Lei Zhang <zhang.lei.fly at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Anybody can help?Could you give me some "key term" or links  that I can
> find
> > some article/book about this. I am very confused about the storage in the
> > Openstack.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Lei Zhang <zhang.lei.fly at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all ,
> >>
> >> Here is my understanding about the stroage in the openstack, I am very
> >> happy about that who can figure out the wrong meaning or add your
> comment
> >> for this.
> >>
> >> Right now, there are two main kinds of storage needed by Openstack. One
> is
> >> for Image, the other one is for Volume. These two support many kinds of
> >> storage.
> >>
> >> Image ( Glance servicer ):
> >>
> >> File
> >>
> >> NAS
> >>
> >> CIFS
> >> NFS
> >> FTP
> >> ...
> >>
> >> SAN
> >>
> >> ISCSI
> >> AoE
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Local
> >>
> >> HTTP
> >> RBD(Ceph)
> >> S3
> >> Swift
> >>
> >> Volume (Cinder/nova-volume)
> >>
> >> SAN
> >>
> >> ISCSI
> >> AoE
> >> ....
> >>
> >> Local
> >>           LVM
> >>
> >> RBD (Ceph)
> >> Sheepdog
> >>
> >>
> >> Questions:
> >> 1. What's the position for swift. It is just the image container for the
> >> glance server?
> >> 2. Is there any rules when making choice?
> >> 2. What's your tend to choice in so many solution? and why?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Lei Zhang
> >>
> >> Blog: http://jeffrey4l.github.com
> >> twitter/weibo: @jeffrey4l
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lei Zhang
> >
> > Blog: http://jeffrey4l.github.com
> > twitter/weibo: @jeffrey4l
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Regards
> Huang Zhiteng
>



-- 
Lei Zhang

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