oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/omicron

More docs on `disk_backend` in disk create

Open
#9,637 0 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

@david-crespo is already working on this.

Since Jan 13, 2026.

local storage
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
572
Forks
97
Avg merge
2d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
96

Description

This shows up in the docs site and in LSP hovers in the SDKs. We need to explain a bit about the difference and strongly encourage users to pick distributed unless they are sure they want local.

https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/blob/e6961bca33970159231da7bafa1a7496fce426ad/nexus/types/src/external_api/params.rs#L2224-L2225

Image

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.