Deployment Modes

Deployment Modes

The purpose of Object Mount is to make working with object storage as fast and seamless as using a local drive.

But each user’s environment is unique — comprising different applications, workflows, teams, geography, bandwidth, access to local and remote storage options, etc.

Therefore, Object Mount for Linux is fully configurable and can be deployed in a variety of different modes to best fit your unique situation.

These deployment modes include:

1. Direct Interception Mode

   In Direct Interception Mode, Object Mount inserts itself between your standard Linux applications and the host Operating System. Object Mount detects and intercepts file I/O calls, then translates and redirects them, as needed, to your object storage provider.

   The Object Mount Command Line Interface (CLI), cuno, is used to configure Direct Interception Mode.

2. Object Mount on FUSE

   If Object Mount’s CLI cannot be used, or you require broader support for non-standard Linux applications, Object Mount on FUSE uses Linux FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to mount object storage within the Linux file system hierarchy.

   This increases compatibility but can reduce performance.

3. Object Mount FlexMount

   Object Mount FlexMount combines the speed and performance of Direct Interception (#1, above) with the widest compatibility and application support of Object Mount on FUSE (#2, above).

4. Object Mount Fusion

   Object Mount Fusion is used to enhance high-performance, LAN-based attached storage solutions (like Amazon’s Elastic File System - EFS) with the throughput of object storage.

   Examples include:

   • The client is a cloud-hosted EC2 instance or virtual machine within the same region as the cloud data.
   • The client is in the same LAN network as an on-premises object storage cluster and has a high-speed, low-latency connection linking the client to the storage.

Configuring Deployment Modes

After you have installed Object Mount for Linux, read through the detailed configuration and usage guidelines for these different deployment modes in the Linux User Guide article: Deployment Mode Details.