From 29821e9582660187904297b525ec5075a70be2bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Lu Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 09:01:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Cloud Drive Benefits (markdown) --- Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md b/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md index 26fd5ec..745a2ea 100644 --- a/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md +++ b/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ # Introduction -> NOTE: SeaweedFS provides **two mechanisms** to use cloud storage: -> 1) **SeaweedFS Cloud Drive** (**<== You are here**) -> - in this case, you can **mount** an S3 bucket to the Seaweedfs file system (in the filer), and access the remote files -> through SeaweedFS. Effectively, SeaweedFS caches the files from the cloud storage. -> - In this mode, the file structure in cloud store is exactly matching the SeaweedFS structure - so every -> file in SeaweedFS will also become a file in the cloud storage provider. -> - This is useful in case you want to use the files inside the cloud provider's infrastructure. -> - However, this does **not support file encryption** in any way (obviously), as the files are put to Cloud Storage as is. -> 2) [Tiered Storage with Cloud Tier](https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/wiki/Cloud-Tier) -> - In this mode, seaweedFS **moves full volume files to the cloud storage provider**, so files which are 1 GB (in our case) big. -> - This mode supports [Filer Data Encryption](https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/wiki/Filer-Data-Encryption) transparently. -> - The chunk files uploaded to the cloud provider are not usable outside of SeaweedFS. +SeaweedFS provides **two mechanisms** to use cloud storage: + 1) **SeaweedFS Cloud Drive** (**<== You are here**) + - in this case, you can **mount** an S3 bucket to the Seaweedfs file system (in the filer), and access the remote files + through SeaweedFS. Effectively, SeaweedFS caches the files from the cloud storage. + - In this mode, the file structure in cloud store is exactly matching the SeaweedFS structure - so every + file in SeaweedFS will also become a file in the cloud storage provider. + - This is useful in case you want to use the files inside the cloud provider's infrastructure. + - However, this does **not support file encryption** in any way (obviously), as the files are put to Cloud Storage as is. + 2) [Tiered Storage with Cloud Tier](https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/wiki/Cloud-Tier) + - In this mode, seaweedFS **moves full volume files to the cloud storage provider**, so files which are 1 GB (in our case) big. + - This mode supports [Filer Data Encryption](https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/wiki/Filer-Data-Encryption) transparently. + - The chunk files uploaded to the cloud provider are not usable outside of SeaweedFS. ## Cloud is not for everyone