Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Sure, and key/value systems are at the similar level of object stores, meaning they are abstractions on filesystems (which are abstractions on block devices). This is the hierarchy.

Using Ceph for block and file access is like using AWS S3 to emulate block devices and filesystems. It'll work, and there is software for it, but it will never be very good. And Ceph is far from S3.



> It'll work, and there is software for it, but it will never be very good

What are some examples of distributed file systems and block devices that _are_ very good?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: