Introduction to persistent storage

The platform can manage  external storage systems  to offer self-service  persistent storage  to users. External storage can be used to allocate external storage volumes to VMs, or in private cloud to convert VM templates to persistent VM templates. Persistent templates save one or more VM disks to the storage platform, enabling you to take advantage of storage features such as high availability.

• In private cloud, external storage platforms can be integrated iSCSI systems (e.g. NetApp, Nexenta) or any NFS device. It is also possible to add generic iSCSI storage volumes that are managed outside of Abiquo or even to create your own storage integration using the storage SDK. 
• In public cloud, in Amazon the platform creates EBS disks and in Azure the platform creates Managed Disks.