I believe swift CAN be used as a block device via FUSE, and I believe it has been done before. I wouldn't recommend it though.
-Matt On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sebastien, you are correct. > > Udit, you will need to provide a bit more information on what you are > looking to do with Swift. > > Thanks, > -jay > > p.s. sorry for top-posting. > > > On 06/12/2012 08:02 AM, Sébastien Han wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> If you planned to use Swift to store the virtual images disk and run >> instance over Swift: it's not possible. >> If you planned to use swift for nova-volume (cinder) and attaching disk: >> it's also not possible. >> >> Swift is *NOT*: >> >> * a filesystem >> * a block device >> >> >> Perhaps, Swift can be use as a backend for Glance and of course object >> storage like S3. >> >> Someone correct me if I'm wrong. >> >> Cheers. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Udit Agarwal <fzdu...@gmail.com >> <mailto:fzdu...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi,____ >> >> >> I have setup nova compute and storage on different nodes. I want >> to create new virtual machine images on my nova compute node. I also >> want to configure these virtual machines to use swift(openstack >> storage that is setup on a different node) for their storage >> purposes. But I have no idea how to do this? Can anyone help me in >> this matter.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> ____ >> >> __ __ >> >> --Udit Agarwal ____ >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenstack> >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> <mailto:openstack@lists.**launchpad.net<openstack@lists.launchpad.net> >> > >> >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenstack> >> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenstack> >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenstack> >> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenstack> > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenstack> > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >
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