GlusterFS 2.0 Release

GlusterFS 2.0 Release

[Shehjar Tikoo]

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

Download: http://www.gluster.org/download.php

Happy Hacking
--
GlusterFS Team

Re: GlusterFS 2.0 Release

[Al Viro]

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.

Re: GlusterFS 2.0 Release

[Shehjar Tikoo]

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