OpenStack Storage page should mention shared file systems

[Ben Swartzlander]

On this page: http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/

The OpenStack storage page currently mentions only Block and Object storage. Now that Shared File System storage is part of OpenStack, it should be mentioned as a third option.

I've written the following text, which is accurate (I'm the Manila PTL) and comparable to the existing language on that page. I think it should be added below Block Storage.

Shared File System Storage Capabilities

* OpenStack provides persistent shared file system storage for use with multiple OpenStack compute instances simultaneously.
* The shared file system storage project manages the creation and exporting of shared filesystems to allow secure sharing of files within the cloud user's network.
* Shared file systems are fully integrated into the OpenStack Dashboard allowing for cloud users to manage their own storage needs.
* In addition to a generic implementation built on top of OpenStack Compute and OpenStack Block Storage, it has unified storage support for numerous storage platforms including NetApp, EMC, HP, GlusterFS, and GPFS.
* Shared file system storage is appropriate for data accessed by multiple VMs and for applications traditionally built on NAS storage, such as databases and other NFS-based applications.
* Snapshot management provides powerful functionality for backing up data stored on shared file systems. Snapshots can be restored or used to create a new shared file systems.

[Jimmy McArthur (jimmy-l)]

We recently rolled out the new Project Navigator. Do you feel the information on this page has addressed your concern?

http://www.openstack.org/software/releases/liberty/components/manila

Thank you!
Jimmy

[Ben Swartzlander (bswartz)]

Thanks for the update. The project navigator is very helpful. I see 2 issues that need correcting on that page.

1) In Liberty we released the v2 API. It's identical to the v1 API except that it support "microversions" which is a technique we'll use to evolve the API going forward. It woudl be more correct to say Juno/Kilo included the v1 API and Liberty included the v2 API.

2) The install guide is written, but not currently published on the docs.openstack.org page anywhere. This is something we (the Manila team) need to address. After it's published, how do we update this project navigator?

[Jimmy McArthur (jimmy-l)]

Thanks for the feedback! I've corrected teh API versions, per your suggestion: https://www.openstack.org/software/releases/liberty/components/manila

Re: Install Guide, once it's added to the tags, it will show up automatically on the page (e.g. https://www.openstack.org/software/releases/liberty/components/neutron).

[Jimmy McArthur (jimmy-l)]

BTW - here's a bit more detail about how that tag is made and how it can be updated: https://github.com/openstack/ops-tags-team/blob/master/descriptions/ops-docs-install-guide.rst

Thanks again,
Jimmy