Hari, The bottom line is that the secondary storage architecture makes explicit assumptions that a secondary storage device will support a file system. Until we complete a redesign of the storage subsystem, all object stores will require an intermediate filesystem to operate with CloudStack.
Thanks, -John On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Hari Kannan <hari.kan...@citrix.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Wish to revisit this topic - > > Any reason you didn't take this approach indicated on this thread? > http://markmail.org/message/ccsurkqhvxunqe26 > > Also, are any of the requirements listed here > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/S3-based+secondary+Storage > addressed in your implementation? > > Thanks! > > Hari Kannan > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Burwell [mailto:jburw...@basho.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:51 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: S3 Based secondary storage - Stories 509 and 714 > > Marcus, > > The integration uses the S3 client. Therefore, any storage service that > supports the S3 API can be used by specifying a different end point in the > CloudStack configuration. To that point, I test against both Amazon S3 and > Riak CS. > > Thanks, > -John > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 2:19 AM, Marcus Sorensen <shadow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just for clarification, this feature isn't tied to amazon's S3, right? >> Any >> S3 compatible gateway would do? >> On Jan 15, 2013 5:52 PM, "John Burwell" <jburw...@basho.com> wrote: >> >>> Sudha, >>> >>> The issue with adding Marvin tests for S3 is the requirement and >>> associated costs for an S3 account. For obvious reasons, I can not >>> put my account credentials into a test case checked into a public >>> repo used many people. Also, the indeterminate nature of >>> synchronization process (i.e. polling every sixty seconds and the >>> bandwidth available to S3 for download/upload operations) makes it >>> very difficult to programmatically verify. Therefore, S3 is only >>> testable manually at this time. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -John >>> >>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 6:40 PM, Sudha Ponnaganti >>> <sudha.ponnaga...@citrix.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Nitin/John, >>>> >>>> There are two stories listed in JIRA - CLOUDSTACK 509 and CLOUDSTACK >>> 714. Looks like 714 is duplicate of 509. >>>> Can I mark 714 as duplicate of 509?? >>>> >>>> Also need response from John B/Prasanna, if any tests are added to >>> Marvin. If so have they been run?? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> /Sudha >>>
