Finally Gluster v3.0 release happened on schedule. Community played a crucial role in helping Gluster mature to this stage. v3.0 is a major mile stone achieved for all of us. Starting from this release, Gluster has transformed itself into a clustered storage platform, entirely manageable through web GUI. Its rated [E] for everyone!. No sys admin skills required, no need for EMC or Cisco certification. Heart of Gluster Platform is the GlusterFS v3 file system. Administrators can use Gluster Platform on the storage server side (on bare metal hardware) and use GlusterFS native mounting or NFS or CIFS or WebDAV on the client side. If you are hacker, you like command line interface and dark consoles, GlusterFS v3 can be used independently (just as you did before) on a regular POSIX compatible 64bit operating system. Can we rate it as [A] for Administrators only ;). Gluster Platform v3 Release Notes: http://ftp.gluster.com/pub/gluster/gluster-platform/3.0/Gluster-Storage-Platform-3.0-Release-Notes.pdf Gluster Filesystem v3 Release Notes: http://ftp.gluster.com/pub/gluster/glusterfs/3.0/LATEST/GlusterFS-3.0.0-Release-Notes.pdf Download Link: http://www.gluster.org/download/ If you are already using Gluster, please help strengthen our community by leaving your mark on [Who is using Gluster] page. http://www.gluster.com/community/whoisusing.php Happy Hacking! -- Gluster Team Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Gluster