[Lxc-users] Failed to access console after launching LXC through libvirt

Sujay M sujay.m17 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 07:30:22 UTC 2012


Thanks Qiu Yu,

I want object storage so I'll be using swift. Can i use lxc for
virtualization in swift? How to do this?


On 9 November 2012 06:33, unicell <unicell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Sujay M <sujay.m17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Qiu Yu,
>>
>> I am a beginner to both lxc and openstack swift. Can you please clarify
>> some of my doubts related to openstack swift and lxc?
>>
>>
>> 1. I want to set up a small cloud storage environment in my laptop. I
>> mean i need to host storage services for some clients and i want to
>> virtualize this environment. Is openstack swift enough for the above
>> purpose or should i install nova, glance and swift?
>>
>>
> Well, this might be kind of off topic to this list. Let me make it short.
> :)
>
> Swift is for object storage,  similar to Amazon S3. While Nova-vol service
> (component inside Nova) is for block storage, similar to Amazon EBS. And in
> latest OpenStack Folsom release, nova volume has bee forked to openstack
> cinder project, to address the block storage functionality. While glance is
> for VM image service.
>
> So, it really depends on your needs, swift or cinder. Usually, cinder
> works together with nova. Swift is much more independent.
>
> --
> Qiu Yu
>



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Best Regards,

Sujay M
Final year B.Tech
Computer Engineering
NITK Surathkal

contact: +918971897571
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