Re: [Openstack] Swift And Erasure Code Storage

2014-08-13 Thread Luse, Paul E
lose 4 disks and still recover your data and your overhead would be 1.4 (14/10) as opposed to triple replication of 3 (3/1) -Paul From: Brent Troge [mailto:brenttroge2...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:41 PM To: openstack@lists.openstack.org Subject: [Openstack] Swift And Erasure

Re: [Openstack] Swift And Erasure Code Storage

2014-08-13 Thread Brent Troge
rent Troge [mailto:brenttroge2...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:41 PM > *To:* openstack@lists.openstack.org > *Subject:* [Openstack] Swift And Erasure Code Storage > > > > > > With a 100% 'Erasure Code' policy how much extra storage is nee

Re: [Openstack] Swift And Erasure Code Storage

2014-08-13 Thread John Dickinson
1) Swift doesn't yet currently support erasure codes. It's something we're actively working on now. 2) It depends. Swift will allow you to choose your EC algorithm and the parameters for it, so that will be what determines how much raw storage space is needed for a given amount of usable storag

[Openstack] Swift And Erasure Code Storage

2014-08-13 Thread Brent Troge
With a 100% 'Erasure Code' policy how much extra storage is needed to satisfy a 1PB usable cluster ? ___ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org Unsubscribe : http://lists.ope