Scale-out block storage offerings, such as Ceph RADOS Block Devices, offer a number of desirable features including fault tolerance, thin-provisioning, online resize and snapshots. Exposing such storage for access via an embedded USB storage gadget can solve a number of factors limiting adoption, namely: - Interoperability + Cloud storage can now be consumed by almost any system with a USB port - Ease of use + Configure once, then plug and play anywhere - Security + Encryption can be performed on the USB device itself, reducing reliance on cloud storage providers

This presentation will introduce and demonstrate a USB cloud storage gateway prototype developed during SUSE Hack Week, running on an ARM board with openSUSE Tumbleweed.