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OpenStack Storage (Cinder & Swift) Flashcards

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  1. Which OpenStack service provides block storage (persistent volumes) to virtual machines?

    Answer: Cinder

    Cinder is the OpenStack Block Storage service that provides persistent block storage volumes to VM instances.

  2. What is OpenStack Swift used for?

    Answer: Object storage for unstructured data like files and backups

    Swift is OpenStack's Object Storage service for storing and retrieving unstructured data such as files, images, and backups.

  3. In Cinder, what is a 'volume'?

    Answer: A detachable persistent block device that can be attached to a VM

    A Cinder volume is a persistent, detachable block device that can be attached to and detached from VM instances.

  4. Which Cinder driver is commonly used with LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for local block storage?

    Answer: cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMVolumeDriver

    The LVMVolumeDriver uses Linux LVM to create volumes and exports them via iSCSI to compute nodes by default.

  5. What is a Cinder 'snapshot'?

    Answer: A point-in-time read-only copy of a Cinder volume

    A Cinder snapshot is a point-in-time, read-only copy of a volume that can be used to create new volumes.

  6. In Swift, what is the basic unit of storage called?

    Answer: Object

    In Swift, the basic unit of storage is an 'object', which is stored in containers within accounts.

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