Merge pull request #59064 from CarmiWisemon/oadp1582providers

OADP-1582 s3 backup storage providers

Author: mburke5678

backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/installing/about-installing-oadp.adoc

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ If your cloud provider does not support snapshots or if your storage is NFS, you
 
 You create a default `Secret` and then you install the Data Protection Application.
 
+include::modules/oadp-s3-compatible-backup-storage-providers.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 
 include::modules/oadp-configuring-noobaa-for-dr.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 

modules/oadp-s3-compatible-backup-storage-providers.adoc

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+// Module included in the following assemblies:
+//
+// * backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/installing/installing-oadp-ocs.adoc
+
+:_content-type: CONCEPT
+[id="oadp-s3-compatible-backup-storage-providers_{context}"]
+= AWS S3 compatible backup storage providers
+
+OADP is compatible with many object storage providers for use with different backup and snapshot operations. Several object storage providers are fully supported, several are unsupported but known to work, and some have known  limitations.
+
+[id="oadp-s3-compatible-backup-storage-providers-supported"]
+== Supported backup storage providers
+
+The following AWS S3 compatible object storage providers, are fully supported by OADP through the AWS plugin for use as backup storage locations:
+
+* MinIO
+* Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) with NooBaa
+* Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+The following compatible object storage providers are supported and have their own Velero object store plugins:
+
+* Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
+* Microsoft Azure
+====
+
+[id="oadp-s3-compatible-backup-storage-providers-unsupported"]
+== Unsupported backup storage providers
+
+The following AWS S3 compatible object storage providers, are known to work with Velero through the AWS plugin, for use as backup storage locations, however, they are unsupported and have not been tested by Red Hat:
+
+* IBM Cloud
+* Oracle Cloud
+* DigitalOcean
+* NooBaa
+* Tencent Cloud
+* Ceph RADOS v12.2.7
+* Quobyte
+* Cloudian HyperStore
+
+[id="oadp-s3-compatible-backup-storage-providers-known-limitations"]
+== Backup storage providers with known limitations
+
+The following AWS S3 compatible object storage providers are known to work with Velero through the AWS plugin with a limited feature set:
+
+* Swift - It works for use as a backup storage location for backup storage, but is not compatible with Restic for filesystem-based volume backup and restore.