OpenStack Storage Explained: From Hardware to Strategy

In this month's installment, we're diving into OpenStack storage: the challenges, the solutions, and the best practices for securely and efficiently storing your bits when leveraging an OpenStack cloud. Proctored by Christian Huebner, Director of Services Architecture at Mirantis, this episode will build off his 25+ years of experience with cloud storage, specifically in the context of OpenStack. This episode is perfect for OpenStack admins that are looking for better ways to deal with storage, as well as anyone working with OpenStack clouds. 

A full list of topics for this episode include:

1. Computer storage background (general)
2. Types of storage (OpenStack)
3. OpenStack storage backends (Ceph)
4. Software Defined Storage (SDS) alternatives
5. Storage Area Networks (SANs)
6. Shared files systems (NFS)
7. Local storage (Flash)
8. Combining OpenStack storage types
9. Common failure scenarios
10. OpenStack storage security

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:03 Some background on computer storage
• 1:41 Types of storage in OpenStack
• 8:36 Using Ceph for storage backends
• 12:16 Other SDS alternatives
• 13:59 Storage Area Networks (SANs) with OpenStack
• 16:22 Shared files systems (NFS) in OpenStack
• 17:15 Local flash storage in OpenStack
• 20:17 Combining OpenStack storage types
• 21:38 Common OpenStack storage failure scenarios
• 29:47 OpenStack Ops security concerns
• 35:25 Questions to ask for OpenStack storage
• 38:59 Outro