Re: GlusterFS 2.0 Release

[Shehjar Tikoo <shehjart@zresearch.com>]

Hi Al,

Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 05:35:06PM +0530, Shehjar Tikoo wrote:
>> GlusterFS is a clustered file system that runs on commodity 
>> off-the-shelf hardware, delivering multiple times the scalability 
>> and performance of conventional storage. The architecture is 
>> modular, stackable and kernel-independent, which makes it easy to 
>> customize, install, manage and support different operating systems.
>>  Multiple storage systems can be clustered together, supporting 
>> petabytes of capacity in a single global namespace.  Building a 
>> configuration of a few hundred terabytes can be accomplished in 
>> less than thirty minutes.
>> 
>> GlusterFS 2.0 Release: GlusterFS v2.0 has gone through a major 
>> revamp in design and development since v1.3. Thanks to thousands of
>>  initial users who provided us great feedback and bug reports.
>> There are a number of production deployments now. GlusterFS uses
>> existing disk file systems (such as Ext3, XFS, ZFS..) to store your
>> data as regular files and folders. You can restore the data, even
>> after you uninstall GlusterFS. So, give it a try and let us know.
>> Please forward this message to relevant users.
>> 
>> 
>> What is in 2.0 release: 
>> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Features
>> 
>> Who is using GlusterFS: 
>> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Who%27s_using_GlusterFS
>> 
>> License: GNU GPLv3
> 
> ... and thus incompatible with the kernel.

GlusterFS is a user-space clustered file system so license
incompatibility is not such a big concern.

Thanks
Shehjar