Object storage works by using a client to send and receive files to and from the object store. The files are stored with very little metadata and are treated as a whole entity. The object server does not work in partial pieces of an object the way block storage would work with file blocks. It is a very simple storage method focused on storing and retrieving the contents of the files with minimal overhead to the operating system while interacting with the storage server. The power of the Swift object storage engine is its robust software-defined storage backend. The Swift storage engine has distribution and replication capabilities across its storage nodes. First, let's take a look at the client side of using Swift, and later, we will look at the backend storage engine.
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Overview of this book
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
OpenStack Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Architecture and Component Overview
RDO Installation
Identity Management
Image Management
Network Management
Instance Management
Block Storage
Object Storage
Telemetry
Orchestration
Scaling Horizontally
Monitoring
Troubleshooting
Index
Customer Reviews