Kent Tong wrote: > Hi, > > What are the intended use cases for gluster? For example, is it > suitable for, say, replacing a SAN? For example, is it good for the > following? Using GlusterFS doesnt always require you to make a choice between SAN and GlusterFS. You could continue to use your existing SAN infrastructure as the underlying storage for GlusterFS. Besides the file-level clustering ability from GlusterFS, you'll also be able to use the high performance provided by RAIDed SAN architectures. -Shehjar > [ ] Storing a huge volume of seldom accessed files (file archive) [ ] > Storing frequently read/write files (file server) [ ] Storing > frequently read files (web server) [ ] Hosting databases [ ] Hosting > VM images > > > > _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing > list Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://zresearch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >
