Storage in OpenStack

Agenda:

6:00 - 6:20
Doors open/ general socializing & refreshments.

6:25 - 6:30
Edgar Magana - Intros

6:30 - 7:15 Mike Perez - Storage in OpenStack

7:15 - 7:30pm - Q&A, Wrap up

Abstract:

Today there are many different storage solutions to choose from. It can be overwhelming from a cloud provider's perspective to offer many options for their users, let alone provide a consistent set of tools with each vendor offering their own interface. The OpenStack Block Storage project Cinder provides an API to talk to many different vendor solutions, in which other applications or OpenStack programs can talk to. We'll first examine the difference between block, file, and object storage. That'll lead us into having an introduction to Cinder, and an opportunity to review the architecture, vendor driver plugin model, current features, and what's new in the Mitaka release. More importantly we'll learn how Cinder is helping with cross-project initiatives like vendor third party CI testing and rolling upgrades.

Presenter:

Mike Perez has been contributing to OpenStack since 2010. He is currently the development coordinator at the OpenStack Foundation focusing on cross-project initiatives. He was formerly the project technical lead (PTL) of the OpenStack Block Storage project Cinder for the Kilo and Liberty release.

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