Gluster Storage

Red Hat Gluster Storage is a software-only,

scale-out storage solution that provides
flexible and agile unstructured data storage for
the enterprise.
The product can be installed and managed on-
premise, or in a public cloud.
GlusterFS aggregates various storage servers
over network interconnects into one large
parallel network file system.
 It delivers exceptional performance for diverse
workloads and is a key building block of Red
Hat Gluster Storage.
The POSIX compatible glusterFS servers,
which use XFS file system format to store data
on disks, can be accessed using industry-
standard access protocols including Network
File System (NFS) and Server Message Block
(SMB) (also known as CIFS).
 GlusterFS is an open source, clustered file
system capable of scaling to several
petabytes and handling thousands of
clients.
GlusterFS can be flexibly combined with
commodity physical, virtual, and cloud
resources to deliver highly available and
performant enterprise storage at a
fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.
 GlusterFS is based on a stackable
user space design, delivering
exceptional performance for diverse
workloads.