From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Viro Subject: Re: GlusterFS 2.0 Release Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 21:24:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20090514202445.GS8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <4A0C08F2.30100@zresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, announce@gluster.org To: Shehjar Tikoo Return-path: Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:45107 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751877AbZENUYq (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 16:24:46 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A0C08F2.30100@zresearch.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 05:35:06PM +0530, Shehjar Tikoo wrote: > Hi Everyone > > 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.