Building a Global Object Storage Platform

on YouTube ↗08m

" summary

Builds a global object store using OpenStack and Python with a Swift-compatible platform integrated into CDN and search and exposed via API. Uses commodity hardware without RAID across three primary clusters in Singapore Dallas and an offsite location and implements WSGI middleware plus secondary indexing for rich object metadata. Claims predictable scalable performance backed by SoftLayer scale metrics 100,000 servers 24,000 customers 23 million domains and 13 datacenters 16 POPs 20 gig links.

AI-written summary · about

" related talks

• 57mSnakes on a cloud: the OpenStack projectThierry Carrez · EuroPython 2011
• 46mTurning Openstack Swift into Storage for High LoadsNikolay Dvas · HighLoad++ 2014
• 26mPetabyte Scale Object Storage Service Using Ceph in A Private CloudVarada Raja Kumar Kari · Cephalocon APAC 2018
• 30mHow to Facilitate the Cloud Foundry Adoption with Object Storage - Denis Jannot, Dell EMCDenis Jannot · Cloud Foundry Summit Europe 2017
• 57mSnakes on a cloud: the OpenStack projectThierry Carrez · EuroPython 2011
• 27mHow to get rich with cloud!Gerd Aschemann, Matthias Haag · ALASCA Summit 2025
• 43mSupporting NASA Science with OpenStackJonathan Mills, Robert Budden · OpenInfra Days Triangle 2023
• 20mTaking Cloud to Extremes: Scaled-Down, Highly-Available, and Mission-CriticalSergey Sverchkov · Cloud Foundry Summit Silicon Valley 2016