Re: [Openstack] Swift reliability

2012-09-26 Thread Andrew Hale
Further to this, I wouldn't recommend using an ext filesystem for critical data in a swift install since the auditor processes use the zero byte files to trigger re-replication whereas orphaned files in a drives lost+found wouldn't be audited. removing files from the swift directory structures d

Re: [Openstack] how many servers will be need for insall swift?

2011-07-21 Thread Andrew Hale
Hi Alex, This blog has thoughts on how to deploy small swift clusters and manage zones: http://joearnold.com/2011/06/27/swift-in-the-small/ (google cache since its broken right now - http://goo.gl/SeVwW ) VT support isn't needed for swift install. Andrew - Original Message - From: "tian