Re: [Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-02 Thread Anne Gentle
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:02 AM, pragya jain wrote: > hi all > > my query is: > > Is openstack swift virtualize the storage to store the data? > And how does openstack swift implement it? > > Not in any way I can think of, all servers are not virtualized nor are the storage concepts virtual. Pos

Re: [Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-02 Thread Kerr, Andrew
Swift isn¹t the easiest project to understand. You will probably find the docs around it helpful. Based on your questions so far I think starting here would be most useful: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/overview_architecture.html Andrew Kerr Subject: Re: [Openstack] storage

Re: [Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-02 Thread pragya jain
thanks for reply Cedric what does swift do for adding more devices as storage node? how does swift abstract storage from the devices? And how swift recognise whether there is free space on a particular storage node to store data? On Sunday, 2 February 2014 4:23 PM, Cédric Lemarchand wrote:

Re: [Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-02 Thread Aryeh Friedman
It is my understanding that swift lays on top of cinder thus it uses whatever cinder presents to it. Thus if you need to integrate all these different devices you do it at that level. On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:15 AM, pragya jain wrote: > thanks for the reply > > My question is: > if we have di

Re: [Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-02 Thread pragya jain
I am not talking about cinder. My question is: Openstack swift provides storage as a service to the user so that user can store their data offline. when a user store some data on swift using Object PUT command, data is stored as an object at some storage node. 1. What is this storage node - Is it

Re: [Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-01 Thread Aryeh Friedman
You mean you need to access cinder or are you wondering what component handles storage (cinder then is the answer) On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:02 AM, pragya jain wrote: > hi all > > my query is: > > Is openstack swift virtualize the storage to store the data? > And how does openstack swift impleme

[Openstack] storage virtualization

2014-02-01 Thread pragya jain
hi all my query is: Is openstack swift virtualize the storage to store the data? And how does openstack swift implement it? Pragya Jain___ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : openstack@lists.opensta