Turning OpenStack Swift into a High‑Load Storage

on YouTube ↗46m

" summary

Describes turning OpenStack Swift into a storage backend that handles heavy load by addressing its operational weaknesses. Covers using Swift in a provider setting to serve tens of gigabits for CDNs during peak hours and to absorb synchronized nightly cron-based backups, implying practical tuning and deployment practices for high-throughput and concurrent workloads.

AI-written summary · about

" chapters (14)

1. 0:00OpenStack Swift intro
2. 3:01Swift roles for providers
3. 6:16Swift as content source
4. 10:40Caching and CDN
5. 13:51Swift architecture
6. 17:22Swift components
7. 20:00Handling hardware failures
8. 23:17Millions of objects problems
9. 25:09Resource contention
10. 27:59System synchronization
11. 30:23Load optimization
12. 32:16Client tools
13. 36:20Backup
14. 39:46Swift improvements and future

" related talks

• 45mOpenStack SwiftChristian Schwede · LinuxCon + ContainerCon Europe 2016
• 35mOptimising resource allocation in hyperconverged infrastructureBrett Milford · OpenInfra Summit Berlin 2022
• 22mMoving a Large Workload from a Public Cloud to an OpenStack Private Cloud...Nicolas Brousse · SREcon16 Europe
• 12mOpenStack for Computational workloadsJon Thor Kristinsson · OpenInfra Summit Berlin 2022
• 01h 50mKeynoteJonathan Bryce · OpenStack Summit Paris 2014
• 23mHow Obsolete is your Cloud?Christian Huebner · OpenInfra Summit Berlin 2022
• 30mOpenStack Works, so now what?Monty Taylor · PyCon Australia 2015
• 14mKeynote: Building and Sustaining Momentum in Open-Source StorageBrett Kelly · Cephalocon 2025