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[John Raja <john.raja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can i create 5 Virtual Instances for Storage node, And can i use Proxy and
auth in a single server with single ethernet connection..

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On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi John -
>
> Here's an example architecture:
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-object-storage/admin/content/example-object-storage-installation-architecture.html
>
> It shows five storage nodes, a proxy node, and an auth node (seven
> servers). You could use five storage nodes with one of the storage
> nodes also serving as a proxy and auth server. These would meet a
> "production" requirement of replication (five copies means that three
> servers would have to go down before you distrust the data retrieval)
> - but if the production requirements were different, say speed of
> retrieval was the highest need, then you might create a different
> architecture. If complete safety and replication of the data was
> highest priority, you could use 10 servers (just an example).
>
>  Storage operators, feel free to chime in.
> Thanks,
> Anne
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:59 AM, John Raja <john.raja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > How many minimum servers required for a simple production setup?..
> >
> >
> >
> ************************************************************************************************************************************************
> > Regards,
> > John Raja
> > Ip Extn  :- 509028
> > Tel        :- 022-40609028
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:14 AM, John Raja <john.raja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > Dear Anne,
> >> > Sorry to disturbing you again and again,
> >>
> >> No worries there.
> >>
> >>
> >>  I have only Two Servers,
> >> Okay, for most Object Storage use cases you want replication and
> >> redundancy because you have many servers, many objects, and want to
> >> protect your data by copying it over and over to ensure you can always
> >> retrieve the object.
> >>
> >> If you are interested in an installation for the sake of understanding
> >> how it works, how to operate it, or to develop on the swift project,
> >> you can install an all-in-one with these instructions:
> >> http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/development_saio.html
> >>
> >> > 1) One server I installed Ubuntu 12.04 - This is for Proxy
> >> > 2) Other i installed VMware Esxi, And created two VMs - Storage Nodes
> >>
> >> I believe this could work but I don't have exact instructions. It also
> >> doesn't do what Object Storage was designed for which is highly
> >> available (no matter if drives or servers fail), and distributed
> >> (perhaps even across earthquake fault lines) storage. It could be fine
> >> for testing purposes though.
> >>
> >> > This is the rightway to do this or i am doing wrong. And Explain How
> >> > many
> >> > minimum server required for testing.
> >>
> >> For testing, try the All-in-One on your Ubuntu server.
> >>
> >> Can anyone else on the list comment on whether you can do the Swift
> >> all-in-one on 12.04?
> >>
> >> Anne
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> ************************************************************************************************************************************************
> >> > Regards,
> >> > John Raja
> >> > Ip Extn  :- 509028
> >> > Tel        :- 022-40609028
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi John -
> >> >> Thanks for asking more specific questions. You'll find that you need
> >> >> to follow the entire installation guide in order to get all the
> >> >> components working together. To specifically answer your questions,
> >> >> though, I'll paste some HTML links rather than the whole PDF.
> >> >>
> >> >> The names of packages for nova can be found here:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/install/apt/content/installing-the-cloud-controller.html
> >> >> Example architectures for Compute (nova) are here:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/example-installation-architecture.html
> >> >>
> >> >> Swift installation via packages is documented here:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/install/apt/content/general-installation-steps-swift.html
> >> >> Example architecture for Object Storage (swift) is here:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-object-storage/admin/content/example-object-storage-installation-architecture.html
> >> >>
> >> >> Hope these are helpful.
> >> >> Anne
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:46 AM, John Raja
> >> >> <john.raja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > from where i can download the package for nova and swift
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> ************************************************************************************************************************************************
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> > John Raja
> >> >> > Ip Extn  :- 509028
> >> >> > Tel        :- 022-40609028
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:22 PM, John Raja
> >> >> > <john.raja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Please provide the step by step guide for 3 node swift instalation
> >> >> >> steps .
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> ************************************************************************************************************************************************
> >> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> >> John Raja
> >> >> >> Ip Extn  :- 509028
> >> >> >> Tel        :- 022-40609028
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
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