Before you create an advanced storage area, you need to
complete the following planning-related actions:
- Create a storage plan that is based on your replication requirements.
See Replication models for advanced storage areas for
an overview of supported replication models.
- Consider whether you require site-setting overrides for
replication.
- Decide on key configuration settings for an advanced storage area.
For storing content, do you need compression, duplication suppression,
or encryption? For deleting content, which method of removal satisfies
your security requirements?
- Consider your need to assign the advanced storage area to a storage
policy. Do you want to distribute content between storage areas, where
the system evaluates configured criteria to determine which area to
store the content?
After your storage plan is in place, create one or more advanced
storage devices to connect to the advanced storage area. You can use
OpenStack cloud storage and file system storage as advanced storage
devices. You must create the advanced storage devices before you can
create an advanced storage area for an object store.