[Openstack] SWIFT AND FILE/CLOUD GATEWAY

Adam Lawson alawson at aqorn.com
Fri Aug 15 18:35:21 UTC 2014


Hi brent, Owncloud allows you to mount several back-ends including Swift,
WebDAV methods also exist but I second the warning about mixing a
gun-and-run HTTP storage with the needs commonly associated with a
mountable filesystem.


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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Robert van Leeuwen <
Robert.vanLeeuwen at spilgames.com> wrote:

>  > Has anyone constructed their own high-performance/enterprise-ready
> file/cloud gateway? If so what
> > software components were used ? I am specifically looking for a gateway
> which supports CIFS/NFS.  At
>
>  What do you mean by cloud? What are you intending do with it?
> CIFS and NFS support are usually more in the "realms" of SANs / fileserves.
>
>
> > first glance it seems the only immediate options are to share, via
> samba/nfs, a fuse mounted swift 'file
> > system
>
> You really do not want to run a filesystem where you expect any kind of
> performance wrapped over a http based protocol ;)
> There are some tools where you can "mount" a swift store as a directory on
> your machine so less savvy users can use it to copy some files.
> ( e.g.
> http://www.mirantis.com/openstack-portal/the-comparison-of-openstack-swift-compatible-clients/
> )
>
> Cheers,
> Robert van Leeuwen
>
>
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