GlusterFS 3.6.0 was released over the last weekend. As I mulled over the release cycle during the weekend, several thoughts on both on the technical and project fronts crossed my mind. This post is an attempt to capture some of those thoughts.
On the technical front, several new features and significant number of bug fixes are part of GlusterFS 3.6.0. The release notes contains a comprehensive list of what’s new in this release. My noteworthy list includes:
On the project front, there have been several things of note happening as far as this release cycle goes. Here are my personal highlights from 3.6.0:
Looking ahead, there are already signs of what is coming up in GlusterFS 3.7. Projects like bitrot detection, volume tiering, Trash translator, Export/Netgroup style authentication for gluster NFS are already in progress and in all probability will be part of 3.7.0 along with other features. We have also started early discussions on what we would want to build for GlusterFS.next releases and more details will be available in the community soon. If you have thoughts on how addition of a new feature can address your problem(s), do let us know and that can help us in planning out the future of GlusterFS.
Overall, it has been a gratifying time for me to be in the Gluster Community. Personally I look forward to build on this feeling of gratification as we build the next versions of GlusterFS to play a significant role in the distributed storage segment.
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