Chapter 8. Choosing the Right Hardware
Users who utilize OpenStack Swift in their private cloud will be faced with the task of hardware selection. This chapter walks through all of the hardware you need to select, the criteria to be used, and finally a vendor selection strategy. If you are using a public cloud, the only hardware you might select is the cloud gateway, and you can skip the remaining part of the chapter.
The hardware list
The list of the minimum hardware required to install Swift is as follows:
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Storage servers |
These are physical servers that run the object server software, and generally also run the account and container server software. Storage servers require disks or solid-state drives (SSDs) to store objects. ... |
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