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.\" Author: Joao Marcelo Martins <marcelo.martins@rackspace.com> or <btorch@gmail.com>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation.
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.\" http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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.\" limitations under the License.
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.TH swift-object-server 1 "8/26/2011" "Linux" "OpenStack Swift"
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.SH NAME
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.LP
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.B swift-object-server
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\- OpenStack Swift object server.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.LP
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.B swift-object-server
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[CONFIG] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The Object Server is a very simple blob storage server that can store, retrieve
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and delete objects stored on local devices. Objects are stored as binary files
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on the filesystem with metadata stored in the file's extended attributes (xattrs).
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This requires that the underlying filesystem choice for object servers support
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xattrs on files. Some filesystems, like ext3, have xattrs turned off by default.
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Each object is stored using a path derived from the object name's hash and the operation's
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timestamp. Last write always wins, and ensures that the latest object version will be
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served. A deletion is also treated as a version of the file (a 0 byte file ending with
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".ts", which stands for tombstone). This ensures that deleted files are replicated
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correctly and older versions don't magically reappear due to failure scenarios.
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.SH DOCUMENTATION
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.LP
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More in depth documentation in regards to
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.BI swift-object-server
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and also about OpenStack Swift as a whole can be found at
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.BI http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/index.html
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and
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.BI http://docs.openstack.org
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR object-server.conf(5)
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