On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Daniel Oliveira <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello. > > I've been "playing" around with OpenStack, when I noticed a section in the > Dashboard where you can create/delete volume types. The problem is, I > didn't understand their purpose, as when you create a new type, you only > specify its name. Can anyone tell me what are volume types used for? > > Thanks in advance > > -- > My best regards, > > Daniel Oliveira. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > Hi Daniel, The primary idea behind volume-types is a method to deal with multiple back-ends. The volume-type corresponds to a specific back-end, or perhaps enables different characteristics of a back-end. Hopefully that helps a bit. John
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