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[Paulo Ricardo Motta Gomes <pauloricardomg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think anything prevents integrating Swift storage nodes with a NAS.
Latency could be increased but depending on load, network capacity (shared
vs dedicated), and use of caching, it is possible to achieve a good
performance.

This link shows the integration of NexentaStor (a NAS/SAN integrated
storage solution) with Openstack Nova:
http://mirantis.blogspot.com/2011/11/converging-openstack-with-nexenta.html

2012/3/16 John Dickinson <me@xxxxxx>

> Generally, you would introduce latency in the storage system by using a
> NAS attached to a storage drive. Also, at scale, your costs will be
> dominated by drive, so you will want to optimize the storage nodes for
> dense, cheap storage.
>
> --John
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Michaël Van de Borne wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > on the very useful www.referencearchitecture.org website, and in every
> piece of documentation on Swift, I never found anything like a NAS attached
> to a storage node. It was all about DAS solution.
> > Is there a specific reason why a NAS wouldn't be a good choice to build
> a swift infrastructure?
> >
> > thank you
> >
> >
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> > Michaël Van de Borne
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