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<title>Prescriptive examples</title> <title>Prescriptive examples</title>
<para>Storage-focused architecture highly depends on the <para>Storage-focused architecture depends on
specific use case. This section discusses three specific use cases. This section discusses three
specific example use cases:</para> example use cases:</para>
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<para>The example REST interface, presented as a traditional Object store running <para>The example REST interface, presented as a traditional Object
on traditional spindles, does not require a high performance store running on traditional spindles, does not require a high
caching tier.</para> performance caching tier.</para>
<para>This example uses the following components:</para> <para>This example uses the following components:</para>
<para>Network:</para> <para>Network:</para>
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<title>Compute analytics with Data processing service</title> <title>Compute analytics with Data processing service</title>
<para>Analytics of large data sets are highly dependent on the performance <para>Analytics of large data sets are dependent on the performance
of the storage system. Clouds using storage systems such as of the storage system. Clouds using storage systems such as
Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) have inefficiencies which can Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) have inefficiencies which can
cause performance issues. cause performance issues.
</para> </para>
<para>One potential solution to this problem is the implementation of storage <para>One potential solution to this problem is the implementation of
systems designed for performance. Parallel file systems have previously storage systems designed for performance. Parallel file systems have
filled this need in the HPC space and are suitable previously filled this need in the HPC space and are suitable for large
for large scale performance-orientated systems.</para> scale performance-orientated systems.</para>
<para>OpenStack has integration with Hadoop to manage the Hadoop cluster <para>OpenStack has integration with Hadoop to manage the Hadoop cluster
within the cloud. This diagram shows an OpenStack store with a high within the cloud. The following diagram shows an OpenStack store with
performance requirement: a high performance requirement:
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or Gluster.</para> or Gluster.</para>
<para>This system can provide additional performance. For example, <para>This system can provide additional performance. For example,
in the database example below, a portion of the SSD pool can act in the database example below, a portion of the SSD pool can act
as a block device to the Database server. In the high performance analytics as a block device to the Database server. In the high performance
example, the inline SSD cache layer accelerates the REST interface.</para> analytics example, the inline SSD cache layer accelerates the REST
interface.</para>
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<para>Using an SSD cache layer, you can present block devices <para>Using an SSD cache layer, you can present block devices
directly to Hypervisors or instances. The REST interface can directly to hypervisors or instances. The REST interface can
also use the SSD cache systems as an inline cache. also use the SSD cache systems as an inline cache.
</para> </para>
</section> </section>