From d7a9368363e4153dea7cd74becfb834c9980f8e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Stuart P. Bentley" Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 15:28:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Filer (markdown) --- Filer.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Filer.md b/Filer.md index db6deb0..2cd20b8 100644 --- a/Filer.md +++ b/Filer.md @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ This page aims to consolidate the pages on the [[single-node filer|Directories and Files]] and [[distributed filer]] into one. -SeaweedFS comes with a lightweight "filer" server, which provides a RESTful wrapper around SeaweedFS's arbitrary blob API, mapping content to a traditional file directory of paths. \ No newline at end of file +## Background + +SeaweedFS comes with a lightweight "filer" server, which provides a RESTful wrapper around SeaweedFS's arbitrary blob API, mapping content to a traditional file directory of paths. + +## Backends + +SeaweedFS's built-in filer supports three different backends (although pull requests to add more are always welcome). + +The default backend, LevelDB, is for simple, non-distributed single nodes. + +The other backends, Redis and Cassandra, are for clustering backing stores that can be distributed across several nodes at high scale.