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Overview

This guide covers platform-level administration of the Xloud Object Storage service. Administrators design and manage storage policies that govern data placement and replication, maintain the consistent hash rings mapping objects to physical drives, monitor cluster health, enforce quotas, and apply security hardening across the proxy and storage tiers.
Administrator Access Required — This operation requires the admin role. Contact your Xloud administrator if you do not have sufficient permissions.

Topics in This Guide

Architecture

Cluster topology — proxy tier, storage tier, and consistent hash ring mechanics

Storage Policies

Design and manage data placement tiers using named storage policies

Ring Management

Add drives, adjust weights, rebalance rings, and distribute ring files to all nodes

Replication

Monitor replication health, check cluster consistency, and manage quarantined objects

Quotas

Enforce per-account and per-container storage limits

Security

TLS enforcement, temp URL key rotation, audit logging, and cross-project ACL governance

Monitoring

Track cluster capacity, proxy metrics, replication latency, and quarantine counts

Troubleshooting

Diagnose 507 storage errors, proxy latency, and ring inconsistencies

Prerequisites

Required before proceeding
  • Administrator credentials sourced via admin-openrc.sh
  • SSH access to storage nodes for ring management operations
  • Access to XDeploy for service configuration changes
  • Familiarity with distributed storage concepts (consistent hashing, replication zones)

Next Steps

Object Storage User Guide

Step-by-step instructions for managing containers and objects

Key Manager Admin Guide

Configure encryption keys for server-side object storage encryption

Load Balancer Admin Guide

Place a load balancer in front of object storage proxy nodes

Identity

Manage service accounts and RBAC policies for object storage access