Re: [Openstack] storage for virtual machines

2012-06-12 Thread Sébastien Han
Hi, If you planned to use Swift to store the virtual images disk and run instance over Swift: it's not possible. If you planned to use swift for nova-volume (cinder) and attaching disk: it's also not possible. Swift is *NOT*: - a filesystem - a block device Perhaps, Swift can be use as a

Re: [Openstack] storage for virtual machines

2012-06-12 Thread Jay Pipes
Sebastien, you are correct. Udit, you will need to provide a bit more information on what you are looking to do with Swift. Thanks, -jay p.s. sorry for top-posting. On 06/12/2012 08:02 AM, Sébastien Han wrote: Hi, If you planned to use Swift to store the virtual images disk and run

Re: [Openstack] storage for virtual machines

2012-06-12 Thread Matt Joyce
I believe swift CAN be used as a block device via FUSE, and I believe it has been done before. I wouldn't recommend it though. -Matt On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Jay Pipes jaypi...@gmail.com wrote: Sebastien, you are correct. Udit, you will need to provide a bit more information on what

Re: [Openstack] storage for virtual machines

2012-06-12 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Matt Joyce matt.jo...@cloudscaling.com wrote: I believe swift CAN be used as a block device via FUSE, and I believe it has been done before.  I wouldn't recommend it though. well anything is possible with FUSE ;-) I would not recommend it as well but FWIW here