SolidFireVolumeDriver

• Launchpad Entry:
• Created: 14 Nov 2011
• Contributors: John Griffith

Summary

We would like to introduce support for SolidFire ISCSI applianace in the nova-volume service. This blueprint proposes a driver based on the existing SanISCSIDriver, with the ability to create/delete and export volumes.

The driver will interact with the SolidFire appliance using it's REST API.

Release Note

The SolidFire appliance is an iSCSI storage appliance utilizing solid state drives and providing enhancements including de-duplication, compression and QoS. For the initial implementation we would like to provide the ability to attach SolidFire volumes to nova-compute VM's via iSCSI.

Assumptions

Glance stores the server template and metadata map; Nova must implement the server template.