Add the Block Storage serviceThe OpenStack Block Storage service provides block storage devices
- to instances using various backends. The Block Storage API and scheduler
- services run on the controller node and the volume service runs on one
- or more storage nodes. Storage nodes provide volumes to instances using
- local block storage devices or SAN/NAS backends with the appropriate
- drivers. For more information, see the
- Configuration Reference.
+ to guest instances. The method in which the storage is provisioned and
+ consumed is determined by the Block Storage driver, or drivers
+ in the case of a multi-backend configuration. There are a variety of
+ drivers that are available: NAS/SAN, NFS, iSCSI, Ceph, and more.
+ The Block Storage API and scheduler services typically run on the controller
+ nodes. Depending upon the drivers used, the volume service can run
+ on controllers, compute nodes, or standalone storage nodes.
+ For more information, see the
+
+ Configuration Reference.
This chapter omits the backup manager because it depends on the
Object Storage service.