Bug 1041593 - [RFE][swift]: Object PATCH for efficient Swift based Cloud-Sync services
Summary: [RFE][swift]: Object PATCH for efficient Swift based Cloud-Sync services
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openstack-swift
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
: 5.0 (RHEL 7)
Assignee: RHOS Maint
QA Contact: Dafna Ron
URL: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/swif...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-12 18:08 UTC by RHOS Integration
Modified: 2016-04-27 02:05 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-02-23 16:24:39 UTC
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Description RHOS Integration 2013-12-12 18:08:40 UTC 
Cloned from launchpad blueprint https://blueprints.launchpad.net/swift/+spec/object-patch-support.

Description:

An attempt to allow Swift to host efficient cloud-sync services (similar to Dropbox and others). Currently, an attempt to implement such services will result in a waste of bandwidth when objects are changed. This happens because on each change, the entire object has to be re-uploaded. Therefore, implementing a "PATCH" method for objects, allows us to send only the change and not the entire file, saving precious bandwidth.
In addition, we can throw in a FUSE based client as a proof of concept. Combining the two, one can "mount" a Swift container onto the filesystem and any user-land application can work with those objects as if they were normal files.

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