Some time ago, we held a bit of a contest that we dubbed the International GlusterFS Scale-out Community Contest. We tabulated results and even selected a winner. And then something happened. A big something – like an acquisition by Red Hat. Not that they stopped it, rather there were suddenly a lot of things to [...]
In the previous Translator 101 post, we looked at some of the dispatch tables and options processing in a translator. This time we’re going to cover the rest of the “shell” of a translator – i.e. the other global parts not specific to handling a particular request. Let’s start by looking at the relationship between [...]
As of a few minutes ago, the license on HekaFS changed from AGPLv3+ to GPLv3 – not AGPL, not LGPL, not later versions. This only affects the git repository so far; packages with the change still need to be built, then those need to be pushed into yum repositories, and all of that will take [...]
This is the first post in a series that will explain some of the details of writing a GlusterFS translator, using some actual code to illustrate. Before we begin, a word about environments. GlusterFS is over 300K lines of code spread across a few hundred files. That’s no Linux kernel or anything, but you’re still [...]
Going to Cloud Expo? Visit Red Hat in booth #408 to see demos, talk to experts, and find out how we can be your partner in the cloud. Also, the Red Hat Storage / Gluster folks are in booth #317 to show how to effectively scale-out your storage systems for the cloud. To celebrate Red [...]
Yesterday, a customer asked whether some of the future directions for GlusterFS might result in less need for storage or system administrators. As part of my reply I hit on a theme that seemed to resonate well enough that it’s worth expanding on it a bit more. By the way, it’s not an original theme. [...]
GlusterFS community member Keisuke was kind enough to post his presentation on GlusterFS object storage functionality. It’s a great primer for those interested in how it works, and we love to promote the works of our community members. GlusterFS As an Object Storage View more presentations from Keisuke Takahashi
Imagine that it's the height of the Cold War, and you are trying to design an approach to command, control, and communications that can survive a full-scale nuclear attack.
One approach is to build a small number of communications nodes that are highly...
Imagine that it's the height of the Cold War, and you are trying to design an approach to command, control, and communications that can survive a full-scale nuclear attack.
One approach is to build a small number of communications nodes that are highly...
A lot of people have asked me about what the acquisition of Gluster by Red Hat means for HekaFS. In the interests of transparency I’m going to share a bit of my thinking on that, but I should be extra-careful to note that none of this represents the official position or plans of Red Hat. [...]
