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+      Copyright [2010] [Anso Labs, LLC]
+ 
+      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+      You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+      limitations under the License.
+
+Storage in the Nova Cloud
+=========================
+
+There are three primary classes of storage in a nova cloud environment:
+
+* Ephemeral Storage (local disk within an instance)
+* Volume Storage (network-attached FS)
+* Object Storage (redundant KVS with locality and MR)
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   
+   volume
+   objectstore