Thank you for concise reply. On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:51:35 PM UTC+1, Marco van Wieringen wrote: > P <@...> writes: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am intereseted in backing up data from S3/Swift object stores. > > > are there any plans to implement File Daemon pulling from S3/Swift? > > > > > Eventually probably yes not at the current moment at least. We have > > been working on the cloud storage implementation in Bareos. What works > > now is the following: > > > > - CEPH Rados storage backend > > - GFAPI (Gluster) storage backend. > > > > Hopefully soon: > > > > - CEPHFS storage backend. > > > > > > In preperation are: > > > > - GFAPI (Gluster) file daemon plugin. > > - RADOS (CEPH) file daemon plugin. > > - CEPHFS (CEPH) file daemon plugin. > > > > For next year (or earlier when we find time to get things operational) > > > > - S3 storage backend using libdroplet. (e.g. S3/Swift/...) > > > > Given we hope to have a set of file daemon plugins for other platforms > > by then it would be an option to create a S3/Swift file daemon plugin > > but as the whole S3/Swift API is not really to great an POSIX API it needs > > some caching layer otherwise the write and read operations are going to > > give to much costs. > > > > For the current time your best bet is to use some S3 filesystem and > > run a file daemon on that. It will probably have the same issues as > > what we encountered that the match between POSIX and S3 isn't to great > > but it might already do some caching to make it bearable. > > > > There is a s3fs in python with a FUSE backend which although not great > > should work depending a bit how you put your data onto S3. > > > > On the Open Source Backup Conference (www.osbconf.org) we hope to show > > the latest developments in cloud storage and backup of the cloud. That > > will be in September so by then we hope to have a set of software that > > is mostly tested to a point that we can include it eventually in the > > next stable 14.2.1 version. > > > > The only thing that I can say that making things ready for the other > > backends (Gluster and CEPH) will mean that the file daemon will have > > all the infra needed to do proper backing up from within a plugin of > > some filesystem (something that is not implemented at the moment.) > > Things like acl and xattr saving via the plugin interface is not possible > > and more important things are missing which we are adding while doing > > the development. > > > > And some funding could speed up things but not a lot have happened until > > now so then things get prioritized by the requests from customers first. > > > > -- > > Marco van Wieringen marco.van.wierin...@bareos.com > > Bareos GmbH & Co. KG Phone: +49-221-63069389 > > http://www.bareos.com > > > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRA 29646 > > Komplementär: Bareos Verwaltungs-GmbH > > Geschäftsführer: Stephan Dühr, M. Außendorf, J. Steffens, > > P. Storz, M. v. Wieringen
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