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 <unic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Sujay M <sujay....@gmail.com> 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
>
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Best Regards,
Sujay M
Final year B.Tech
Computer Engineering
NITK Surathkal
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