- GlusterFS is a free and friendly user distributed file system.

- Works on top of the main file system.

- Easy to increase or decrease the number of bricks.

- GlusterFS supports 5 types of distribution of content combined in volume.

- Possibility of use GlusterFS in the Proxmox system.

- GlusterFS performs well on local networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The write speed is normal, but the read speed is low.

- The process of replacing a brick is quite long. There is also a drawdown reading and writing from the source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That glusterd service running on all nodes to sync the data between the all nodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The io performance issue for work loads with large number of small files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like its high availability feature as how. Efficiently the data . Its scalable and distributed file system . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its performance issue while writing data on different nodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can use any hardware to put a linux distro and install, very fast and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Upgrade is a mess for major versions, especially when there are lots of breaking changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Use of commodity hardware, scalability, stability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Earlier versions had some strange issues but everything seems great now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easily provisions and integration with Kubernetes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Does not provide redundancy, but other then this product is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Geo location is helpful for me And also dist-replica. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Glusterfs should support for block storage and object Storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best about this service is that you can build a shared storage solution without invest to mucho money, time and efforts and you will have high valuable benefits like:

- High availability

- Read/write balance

- Data striping

- Fault tolerant

Additional, just to say that works within several Linux distros like Centos, Debian, Ubuntu... (although Red Hat is the owner). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not anything specially disgusting about this service because the installation and up & running process is easy and fast.

Maybe, to understand how it works or what is the best configuration for your project/infrastructure could be the process which take more time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked the easiness of setup compared to solutions like CEPH, high reliability. GlusterFS really plugged in nicely in existing stack without any complications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance with small files, if you got like billions of small files - that's probably not the best way to do it, but other solutions are also suffering with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The HA that GlusterFS provides is useful for ensuring that persistent storage is always available for stateful application running on Kubernetes. Ease of failover makes the user oblivious to changes to the storage source, making administration easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The complication in configuration and maintenance is a bit much for non technical users - this is where using a native NFS solution sounds better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.