Hi Ken, &c, The DB backend is partially prototyped out-of-tree, and might itself be useful. I at least have assumed that a more pure file backend might still have use for some indexed storage, and that we might ultimately stack or mixin file and db. Matt On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:02 AM Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, Ken > > We haven't started any work on the File store yet, it's a bit down our > list. The first store is DB, followed by a lua intermediate layer. If > someone else wanted to work on a File store earlier, I'd be happy to > give pointers. > > My tentative plan for File store was to use POSIX as the API. This > would allow us to work on any local filesystem, and likely on many > locally-mounted remote filesystems as well. > > Daniel > > On 12/2/20 8:45 PM, iizawa.ken@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Dear Daniel and those familiar with Project Zipper, > > > > > > I am interested in File backend mentioned in the following email, which is part of Project Zipper. > > https://marc.info/?l=ceph-devel&m=155542425904339&w=2 > > > > Daniel, do you have any idea in mind about how it will be implemented? > > For example, what kind of file interface (e.g. POSIX, NFS) will RGW use to access the backend? > > > > I am interested in File backend because it might be useful if RGW could be backed by File backend such as NFS server instead of RADOS. > > I guess RADOS does not work well on some storage devices such as tape, but such devices can alternatively be accessed via file interface. > > In such a case, it might be useful if RGW could access the File backend and treat it as a different storage class from STANDARD. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > Ken Iizawa > > _______________________________________________ > > Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx > -- Matt Benjamin Red Hat, Inc. 315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/storage tel. 734-821-5101 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309 _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx
