Ceph makes a better object store while Gluster makes a better file system. That's why Ceph is a popular backend for OpenStack Swift.
Does Ignite want a FS or Object backend? On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Konstantin Boudnik <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point... although I was curious about Ignite's take on that first and > foremost. Yet, cross-posting to [email protected] > > Jay et all: any thoughts about the combination? > Cos > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 03:14PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > I'm sure our RH brethren have something to say about Ceph. > > Re-post on dev@bigtop? > > > > Thanks, > > Roman. > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Konstantin Boudnik <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > > > I was looking at the Hadoop accelerator the other day and been > thinking if > > > anyone has tried to use IGFS on top of a real distributed file > storage. The > > > case in point is Ceph (ceph.com) - a Linux file system available from > any > > > major Linux distribution as a kernel module. > > > > > > HDFS has its share in the world, but it isn't the fastest, simplest, > nor most > > > advantageous distributed storage on the planet. Hence I am wondering > if this > > > would be a good call to provide Ignite on CEPH as a 2nd FS > capabilities. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > Cos > > > >
