Cinder, the block storage service in OpenStack, is responsible for the volume storage of virtual machine data. In this hands-on session, you’ll explore the Cinder service configuration for multiple storage backends, including Red Hat Storage Server.

1. Using Cinder
Rudolf Kastl
Curriculum Manager, Red Hat

2. What is Cinder?

3. Cinder Services
openstack-cinder-api
openstack-cinder-scheduler
openstack-cinder-volume

4. Software used in the Demonstration
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
Red Hat OpenStack 4 (Havana)
Red Hat Storage 2.1

5. What is the focus of this session?
• Reconfigure Cinder to use multiple storage back ends with a
single Cinder instance.
• Use a glusterfs volume provided by Red Hat Storage as back
end for cinder.
• Define “types” to direct Cinder to a specific back end to create
the block storage device.

6. Demonstration

7. Practice Exercise

8. Thank you for attending!
Want to know more about OpenStack?
Red Hat OpenStack Administration (CL210)
http://www.redhat.com/training/courses/cl210