openstack-manuals/doc/config-reference/block-storage/drivers/quobyte-driver.xml
Silvan Kaiser e038f2df3a Add basic Quobyte Cinder driver documentation
Gives some short hints on basic concepts of the Quobyte Cinder driver
and where to get help.

Implements: blueprint quobyte-cinder-driver-doc

Change-Id: I25d2b9db329dfad173777c2fe90b9806c28cbe2b
2015-11-27 09:45:28 +01:00

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<section xml:id="Quobyte-driver"
xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0">
<title>Quobyte driver</title>
<para>The <link xlink:href="http://www.quobyte.com/">Quobyte</link> volume
driver enables storing Block Storage service volumes on a Quobyte storage
back end. Block Storage service back ends are mapped to Quobyte volumes
and individual Block Storage service volumes are stored as files on a
Quobyte volume. Selection of the appropriate Quobyte volume is done by the
aforementioned back end configuration that specifies the Quobyte volume
explicitely.</para>
<note><para>Note the dual use of the term 'volume' in the context of Block
Storage service volumes and in the context of Quobyte volumes.
</para></note>
<para>For more information see
<link xlink:href="http://support.quobyte.com/">the Quobyte support webpage
</link>.</para>
<para>The Quobyte volume driver supports the following volume operations:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Create, delete, attach, and detach volumes</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Secure NAS operation (Starting with Mitaka release
secure NAS operation is optional but still default)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Create and delete a snapshot</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Create a volume from a snapshot</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Extend a volume</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Clone a volume</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Copy a volume to image</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Generic volume migration (no back end optimization)
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note><para>When running VM instances off Quobyte volumes, ensure that the
<link xlink:href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova/Quobyte">
Quobyte Compute service driver</link> has been configured in your
OpenStack cloud.</para></note>
<para>To activate the Quobyte volume driver, configure the corresponding
volume_driver parameter:
<programlisting>volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.quobyte.QuobyteDriver
</programlisting></para>
<para>The following table contains the configuration options
supported by the Quobyte driver.</para>
<xi:include href="../../../common/tables/cinder-quobyte.xml" />
</section>