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# GlusterFS Reviews
**Vendor:** Red Hat  
**Category:** [Runtime Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/runtime)  
**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 27
## About GlusterFS
GlusterFS is an open source, distributed storage system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients.




## GlusterFS Reviews
  ### 1. GluterFS is not without merits, but I just cannot recommmend it for Production use.

**Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2018

**What do you like best about GlusterFS?**

It performs surprisingly well (when it's working). It's also able to scale considerably (horizontal as well as vertical). At best, it's transparent to the applications that depend on it.

**What do you dislike about GlusterFS?**

The auto-heal isn't reliable and the process to manually intervene is painful, not exact, and does not scale. Performance suffers when the volumes aren't at 100% health. If underlying I/O isn't consistent the volume can wobble. Community support isn't all that impressive. I will NOT choose GlusterFS for my next deployment.

**Recommendations to others considering GlusterFS:**

I would seriously consider other options, like Ceph, or the commercially supported version Red Had Storage (I think that's what it's called). Or if possible, avoid the need for a shared filesystem altogether!

**What problems is GlusterFS solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Shared filesystems with POSIX compliance. Avoiding the requirement to have multi-writer .VMDKs in VMware.


## GlusterFS Discussions
  - [What is GlusterFS used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-glusterfs-used-for)
  - [What is brick GlusterFS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-brick-glusterfs)
  - [How does GlusterFS replication work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-glusterfs-replication-work)
  - [What is Linux gluster?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-linux-gluster)
  - [How it will help state full workloads in Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/discussions/28772-how-it-will-help-state-full-workloads-in-kubernetes) - 1 upvote

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