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diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/gfs_introduction.md b/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/gfs_introduction.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..291d7c555c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/gfs_introduction.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Introducing Gluster File System +=============================== + +GlusterFS is an open source, clustered file system capable of scaling to +several petabytes and handling thousands of clients. GlusterFS can be +flexibly combined with commodity physical, virtual, and cloud resources +to deliver highly available and performant enterprise storage at a +fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. + +GlusterFS clusters together storage building blocks over Infiniband RDMA +and/or TCP/IP interconnect, aggregating disk and memory resources and +managing data in a single global namespace. GlusterFS is based on a +stackable user space design, delivering exceptional performance for +diverse workloads. + +![ Virtualized Cloud Environments ][] + +GlusterFS is designed for today's high-performance, virtualized cloud +environments. Unlike traditional data centers, cloud environments +require multi-tenancy along with the ability to grow or shrink resources +on demand. Enterprises can scale capacity, performance, and availability +on demand, with no vendor lock-in, across on-premise, public cloud, and +hybrid environments. + +GlusterFS is in production at thousands of enterprises spanning media, +healthcare, government, education, web 2.0, and financial services. The +following table lists the commercial offerings and its documentation +location: + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Product Documentation Location + ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------ + Red Hat [][] + Storage + Software + Appliance + + Red Hat [][1] + Virtual + Storage + Appliance + + Red Hat [][2] + Storage + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + [ Virtualized Cloud Environments ]: images/640px-GlusterFS_3.2_Architecture.png + []: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage_Software_Appliance/index.html + [1]: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Virtual_Storage_Appliance/index.html + [2]: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/index.html |