GlusterFS: A Scale-out Software Defined Storage

Half Day Morning
(9:00 am-12:30 pm)

Thurgood Marshall East

LISA15: Syseng
S4
Rajesh Joseph, Red Hat, Inc.
Poornima Gurusiddaiah, Red Hat, Inc.
Description: 

Learn about GlusterFS, a scale-out, software-defined storage platform capable of scaling to many petabytes. GlusterFS aggregates storage building blocks on diverse commodity hardware over InfiniBand RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect in a single global namespace. GlusterFS is based on a stackable user space design and can deliver exceptional flexibility and performance for diverse workloads.

This tutorial will combine lecture with instructor-led demonstrations using GlusterFS.

Who should attend: 
  • Any system/storage administrator who wants to get in-depth understanding of GlusterFS. 
  • Anyone who wants to know how GlusterFS can help their storage infrastructure and contain costs.
Take back to work: 
  • Thorough understanding of GlusterFS
  • Virtual Machine images for playing with GlusterFS
  • Lab instructions on how to set up and play with a test cluster
Topics include: 
  • Overview of the GlusterFS architecture
  • Features offered by GlusterFS
  • Different access methods to the GlutsterFS (Samba, NFS, FUSE)
  • Hands-on using GlusterFS
Presentation Type: 
Training