COSI Driver

The COSI Driver by Dell implements an interface between COSI (spec v1alpha1) enabled Container Orchestrator and Dell Storage Arrays. It is a plug-in that is installed into Kubernetes to provide object storage using Dell storage systems.

Dell COSI Driver is a multi-backend driver, meaning that it can connect to multiple Object Storage Platform (OSP) Instances and provide access to them using the same COSI interface.

Features and capabilities

Supported Container Orchestrator Platforms

ℹ️ NOTE: during technical preview, no certification is performed. The platforms listed below were tested by developers using integration test suite.

COSI
Kubernetes 1.27
K3s 1.27

COSI Driver Capabilities

Features ObjectScale
Bucket Creation yes
Bucket Deletion yes
Bucket Access Granting yes
Bucket Access Revoking yes

Backend Storage Details

Protocol ObjectScale
AWS S3 yes
GCS N/A
Azure Blob N/A

Supported Storage Platforms

Storage Platform Versions
ObjectScale 1.2.x

NOTE: Object Scale 1.2.x is planned for End of Standard Support on January 31st 2025. Please refer Dell Support documentation for more information. We plan to support COSI driver when a new version of ObjectScale is available.

Bucket Lifecycle Workflow

  1. Create Bucket → Delete Bucket
  2. Create Bucket → Grant Access → Revoke Access → Delete Bucket

Uninstallation

Methods to uninstall Dell COSI Driver

Features

Description of COSI Driver features

Installation

Process of installation

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting COSI Driver

Upgrade

Upgrading COSI Driver

Release Notes

Release Notes for COSI Driver