GlusterFS v1.3-SUSKE Release Announcement: ------------------------------------------ Since the GlusterFS v1.2-BENKI Jan 2007 release, we have long awaited for this day. v1.3 development has been a roller coaster ride. We tried to achieve too many goals at the same time. After a number of revisions, we now have a good combination of useful functionalities, decent performance and acceptable stability. We name this version of GlusterFS v1.3.8 as the official beginning of stable 1.3-SUSKE series. Download: http://ftp.zresearch.com/pub/gluster/glusterfs/1.3/ Documentation: http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS Supported OS: GNU/Linux, Mac OS X Leopard, FreeBSD (server only), Solaris (server only). * Some users got GlusterFS client to work on Solaris and FreeBSD. We are yet to qualify the availability. -----------[ READ MORE ]----------------------------------------------- Whats in 1.3-SUSKE ----------------------- Clustering Mode: - File level distribution (Unify) - Automatic file replication / Mirroring (AFR) - Distributed striping (Stripe) - Mixed mode (Unify + AFR + Stripe) I/O Schedulers: - Round robin - Random - Wild card - Adaptive least usage - Non-uniform file system access Inter-connect Driver: - TCP/IP - Infiniband verbs RDMA - Infiniband sockets direct protocol - Unix domain socket Performance Modules: - Booster (kernel bypass) - I/O cache - I/O threads - Read ahead - Write behind Storage Back-end: - POSIX FS - *Berkeley DB Misc Modules: - POSIX locks - Trashcan - Authentication - user/pass, source-IP - *Meta (proc like management / monitoring interface) - Trace logger - Rot-13 rudimentary encryption - Filter - Fixed owner / group Test Automation: - GlusterFS Unit Test Automation Known Issues (Top Priority): ---------------------------- * Default timeout of 108 seconds is too long * BerkeleyDB backend - symlink, rmdir and transactions support pushed to next release * IB verbs reconnection issue on certain firmware versions Happy Hacking, -- GlusterFS Team Z RESEARCH Inc
