- Gluster
infobox OS
name = Gluster - A Meta Distribution
developer = Gluster Core Team
family =Linux
source_model =Free software
working_state = Stable
latest_release_version = 1.4
latest_release_date =03 December 2007
kernel_type =Monolithic kernel
license =GNU General Public License
website = http://www.gluster.org/Gluster is a
clustering Linux distribution started byZ Research under the direction ofAnand Babu aiming at commoditizingsupercomputing andsuperstorage . Gluster aims at providing a platform for developingclustering application s tailored for a specific tasks such as HPC clustering, storage clustering, enterprise provisioning, and database clustering.Gluster makes heavy use of multi-casting and
RDMA where ever possible.External links
* [http://www.gluster.org/ Project home page]
* [http://www.zresearch.com/ Z Research home page]
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