You have come across a storage service for an open cloud computing service. This project, called Brick is an agent for cinder for target discovery as well as local volume management.

To monitor it from a distance: follow @openstack on twitter.

To tame it for use in your own cloud: read http://docs.openstack.org

To study its anatomy: read http://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/CinderBrick

To dissect it in detail: visit <TODO(walter-boring) insert githuburl>