Gluster Unified File and Object Storage allows files and directories created via gluster-native/nfs mount to be accessed as containers and objects. It is a plugin for OpenStack Swift project. Install * Clone the swift repo from git://github.com/openstack/swift.git * Apply the swift.diff present in glusterfs.git/swift/1.4.8 to the swift repo. * Create a directory named "plugins" under swift.git/swift directory. * Copy the contents of glusterfs.git/swift/1.4.8/plugins/ under swift.git/swift/ except the conf directory. * Copy the contents of glusterfs.git/swift/1.4.5/plugins/conf under /etc/swift/. * Run python setup.py install Once this is done, you can access the GlusterFS volumes as Swift accounts. Add the Volume names with the user-name and its corresponding password to the /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf (follow the syntax used in the sample conf file). Command to start the servers swift-init main start Command to stop the servers swift-init main stop