[Openstack] Another basic Swift question

2013-06-13 Thread Mark Brown
When a new server is added to an existing cluster, and I now update the ring with the new device, but at the same time, I do NOT rebalance, will things work correctly?  I am assuming if I don't rebalance, but I do update the ring, the ring has the new partition scheme with the new device

Re: [Openstack] Swift questions

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Brown
node is picked? What if the ring changes and the data still lives on the handoff node?  -- Mark From: Chuck Thier cth...@gmail.com To: Mark Brown ntdeveloper2...@yahoo.com Cc: Openstack openstack@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:53 PM Subject

Re: [Openstack] Swift questions

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Brown
From: Chuck Thier cth...@gmail.com To: Mark Brown ntdeveloper2...@yahoo.com Cc: Openstack openstack@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [Openstack] Swift questions Hey Mark, On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Mark Brown ntdeveloper2...@yahoo.com wrote: Thank

[Openstack] Swift questions

2013-05-21 Thread Mark Brown
Hello, I had a few more basic Swift questions.. 1. In Swift, when a rebalance is happening, does the client have write access to the object? Does Swift have a mechanism to lock down one copy which it is moving, and allow updates to the remaining two copies and do a final sync somehow? What is

Re: [Openstack] Swift questions - container sync

2013-05-13 Thread Mark Brown
: Mark Brown ntdeveloper2...@yahoo.com To: David Hadas dav...@il.ibm.com Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net openstack@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [Openstack] Swift questions. Thanks again, David. Definitely helps. Is the alternative node you refer to here

[Openstack] Swift questions.

2013-05-12 Thread Mark Brown
Hello guys, Been looking at Swift for some projects, and had some very basic questions. 1. How does Swift determine a certain partition is full? And when it does detect that, what does it do? Does it return an error to the client? 2. Regarding container sync, has anyone used container sync in

Re: [Openstack] Swift questions.

2013-05-12 Thread Mark Brown
somehow, but it would need to know where the handoff node is. -- Mark. From: David Hadas dav...@il.ibm.com To: Mark Brown ntdeveloper2...@yahoo.com Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net openstack@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:13 PM Subject: Re