On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 03:46:36PM -0400, John Burwell wrote: > All, > > In reviewing the 4.2 object store enhancements, object stores are defined > with region scope. However, there is no way to assign an object store > definition to a region. To my way of thinking, we must be able to assign an > object store to a region to avoid transfer of large assets across WAN links. > Furthermore, it greatly reduces availability of the object store cluster > because the management server/ssvm may attempt to connect to an object store > over a WAN link when co-located instance is available. Why isn't assignment > of an object store to a region supported? > > Thanks, > -John
AFAIK, a management server is only a control point for a single region. The Region entity is used to provide users with a reference to other regions that may be part of the same service. If I'm right, then the locally configured object-store would be for that region only. Other feel free to correct me.
