Chapter 7. Administering OpenStack Object Storage

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Managing the OpenStack Object Storage clusters with swift-init
  • Checking cluster health
  • Managing the Swift cluster capacity
  • Removing nodes from a cluster
  • Detecting and replacing failed hard drives
  • Collecting usage statistics

Introduction

Day-to-day administration of our OpenStack Object Storage cluster involves ensuring that the files within the cluster are replicated to the right number of nodes, reporting on usage within the cluster, and dealing with any failures with the cluster. This chapter builds upon the work done in Chapters 6, Using OpenStack Object Storage, to show you the tools and processes required to administer OpenStack Object Storage. ...

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