From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shehjar Tikoo Subject: Re: GlusterFS 2.0 Release Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:40:57 +0530 Message-ID: <4A0CF961.30301@zresearch.com> References: <4A0C08F2.30100@zresearch.com> <20090514202445.GS8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, announce@gluster.org To: Al Viro Return-path: Received: from [12.204.100.226] ([12.204.100.226]:49562 "EHLO gluster.com" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752476AbZEOFKP (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 May 2009 01:10:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090514202445.GS8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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