GlusterFS (Gluster File System)

GlusterFS (Gluster File System) is an open source distributed file system that can scale out in building-block fashion to store multiple petabytes of data.

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The clustered file system pools storage servers over TCP/IP or InfiniBand Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), aggregating disk and memory and facilitating the centralized management of data through a unified global namespace. The software works with low-cost commodity computers and is based on Linux. 

Use cases for GlusterFS include cloud computing, streaming media and content delivery. Scale-out storage systems based on GlusterFS are suitable for unstructured data such as documents, images, audio and video files, and log files.

In 2011, Red Hat Inc. acquired Gluster Inc., which developed GlusterFS. The vendor supports a commercial version of GlusterFS, which ships with its Red Hat Gluster Storage product. An open source version of GlusterFS is still updated and maintained by a community of developers.