Technology

In an ideal world, all internet devices would be able to communicate with each other without restriction. The only intermediaries you would have in end to end communication would be routers. Each device would have a routable IP address giving it a publicly reachable Internet identity. Unfortunately, this isn't an ideal world or an ideal Internet. It is an Internet connected to private intranets with private IP (not publicly routable IP) addresses.

GlusterFS is an open source clustered file system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients. GlusterFS clusters together storage building blocks, aggregating disk and memory resources and managing data in a single global namespace.

A key advantage is the GlusterFS modular architecture that allows modules to be stacked to match user requirements. You can use GlusterFS to quickly configure a standalone server system and later expand the system as your needs grow. GlusterFS includes a configuration utility to handle standard workloads.