Shared File Systems
The Shared File Systems service (manila) provides a set of services for
management of shared file systems in a multi-tenant cloud environment. It is
similar to how OpenStack provides block-based storage management through
the OpenStack Block Storage service (cinder) project. With the Shared File
Systems service, you can create a shared file system and manage its
properties, such as visibility, accessibility and usage quotas.
The Shared File Systems service works with various storage providers that use
the following shared file system protocols:
NFS,
CIFS, GlusterFS, and
HDFS.
The Shared File Systems service serves the same purpose as Amazon Elastic File
System (EFS).
