[Openstack] Object storage only - Swift or Ceph ?

John Dickinson me at not.mn
Mon Dec 23 17:49:49 UTC 2013


You should try both and choose the one that best meets your needs. Chmouel at eNovance wrote a great summary of the two systems at http://techs.enovance.com/6427/ceph-and-swift-why-we-are-not-fighting.

--John



On Dec 23, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Cedric Lemarchand <cedric at yipikai.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am evaluating an object storage solution based on OpenStack (only object storage, no needs for Nova/Cinder).
> The common way would be the use of Swift (which I have already played a bit with, the concept of the "ring" is simply awesome ...).
> The other way is Ceph, it seams to be the "new challenger", in the way that it can handle file/block/object, but seams to be not ready yet for production use, and not very well documented (yet).
> 
> So the question is what would be the best technology to start with now ? I mean does Ceph could replace Swift in a near future (eg IceHouse or the next one) ?
> 
> Any advices are welcome, and will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cédric
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