Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by dilyevsky on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @05:35PM
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So is this thing using parts of Ceph? Haven’t really seen OSD term used anywhere else…
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Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by pinewurst on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @05:40PM
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Lustre used that nomenclature long before Ceph.
Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by MuffinFlavored on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @06:53PM
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https://www.lustre.org/
> The Lustre® file system is an open-source, parallel file system that supports many requirements of leadership class HPC simulation environments. Whether you’re a member of our diverse development community or considering the Lustre file system as a parallel file system solution, these pages offer a wealth of resources and support to meet your needs.
Hadn't heard of it.
Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by LtdJorge on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @06:56PM
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It's normally used for supercomputers
Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by james_cowling on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @08:11PM
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We designed and built the system almost completely ground-up, all the way down to the disk scheduler, but yeah we probably took the term OSD from Ceph.
Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by kmod on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @11:23PM
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I think that's right
Re:Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System
by james_cowling on Thursday May 18, 2023 @04:02PM
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(kmod was the founding engineer on the project and the guy who came up with the name!)