Thanks Qiu Yu, I want object storage so I'll be using swift. Can i use lxc for virtualization in swift? How to do this?
On 9 November 2012 06:33, unicell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Sujay M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Qiu Yu, >> >> I am a beginner to both lxc and openstack swift. Can you please clarify >> some of my doubts related to openstack swift and lxc? >> >> >> 1. I want to set up a small cloud storage environment in my laptop. I >> mean i need to host storage services for some clients and i want to >> virtualize this environment. Is openstack swift enough for the above >> purpose or should i install nova, glance and swift? >> >> > Well, this might be kind of off topic to this list. Let me make it short. > :) > > Swift is for object storage, similar to Amazon S3. While Nova-vol service > (component inside Nova) is for block storage, similar to Amazon EBS. And in > latest OpenStack Folsom release, nova volume has bee forked to openstack > cinder project, to address the block storage functionality. While glance is > for VM image service. > > So, it really depends on your needs, swift or cinder. Usually, cinder > works together with nova. Swift is much more independent. > > -- > Qiu Yu > -- Best Regards, Sujay M Final year B.Tech Computer Engineering NITK Surathkal contact: +918971897571
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