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The patch takes those proposed changes from https://review.openstack.org/#/c/71785 that can go in. Additionally, rename a file to fix the typo in its filename. Change-Id: I690530ee6d8b5b8b2995223d77b156277f304d8e Co-Authored-By: Shane Wang <shane.wang@intel.com>
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="module003-ch002-features-benefits">
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<title>Features and Benefits</title>
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<para>
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<informaltable class="c19">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Features</th>
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Benefits</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Leverages commodity
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hardware</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>No
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lock-in, lower
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price/GB</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>HDD/node failure agnostic</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Self
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healingReliability, data redundancy protecting
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from
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failures</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Unlimited storage</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Huge
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& flat namespace, highly scalable
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read/write accessAbility to serve content
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directly from storage
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system</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Multi-dimensional scalability</emphasis>
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(scale out architecture)Scale vertically and
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horizontally-distributed storage</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Backup
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and archive large amounts of data with linear
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performance</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Account/Container/Object
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structure</emphasis>No nesting, not a
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traditional file system</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Optimized
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for scaleScales to multiple petabytes,
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billions of
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objects</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Built-in replication3x+ data
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redundancy</emphasis> compared to 2x on
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RAID</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Configurable
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number of accounts, container and object
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copies for high
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availability</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Easily add capacity</emphasis> unlike
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RAID resize</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Elastic
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data scaling with
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ease</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>No central database</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Higher
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performance, no
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bottlenecks</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>RAID not required</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Handle
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lots of small, random reads and writes
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efficiently</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Built-in management
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utilities</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Account
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Management: Create, add, verify, delete
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usersContainer Management: Upload, download,
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verifyMonitoring: Capacity, host, network, log
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trawling, cluster
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health</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Drive auditing</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Detect
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drive failures preempting data
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corruption</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Expiring objects</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Users
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can set an expiration time or a TTL on an
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object to control
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access</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Direct object access</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Enable
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direct browser access to content, such as for
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a control
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panel</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Realtime visibility into client
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requests</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Know
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what users are
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requesting</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Supports S3 API</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Utilize
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tools that were designed for the popular S3
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API</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Restrict containers per
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account</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Limit
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access to control usage by
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user</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Support for NetApp, Nexenta,
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SolidFire</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Unified
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support for block volumes using a variety of
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storage
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systems</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Snapshot and backup API for block
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volumes</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Data
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protection and recovery for VM
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data</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Standalone volume API
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available</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Separate
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endpoint and API for integration with other
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compute
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systems</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><emphasis role="bold"
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>Integration with Compute</emphasis></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"
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>Fully
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integrated to Compute for attaching block
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volumes and reporting on usage</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</informaltable>
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</para>
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</chapter>
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