No, it's not store and forward - the proxy is write-through - proxy takes a chunk off the network from client and immediately sends the chunk out to the backend storage nodes. -Clay On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 7:09 AM, Sameer Kulkarni <ksameersrk at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > When a PUT operation is issued by Client, I have read that it goes to > proxy and then Ring algorithm decides the 3(Replica Count) Nodes, to which > it is transferred simultaneously. > > I just wanted to clarify If the proxy Node, actually stores (copies) the > object from the client(local copy) and then proceeds to the 3 nodes or > Proxy Node just delegate the path (As in Not store at Proxy Node) from > Client to 3 nodes. > > Thank you > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ > openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ > openstack > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20170120/62d01836/attachment.html>