Gluster is free and open source software scalable network filesystem. Gluster can be installed and easily configured on commodity hardware to provide a general purpose, posix-compliant storage system. Gluster can be accessed from anywhere using the traditional NFS and SMB protocols, or with the native Gluster client. A more complete overview of Gluster and its capabilities can be found here.

Gluster-4.0 is the new upcoming major release of GlusterFS, planned for very early 2018. Gluster-4.0 brings in many new changes and features, the biggest being GlusterD-2.0.

GlusterD is the native distributed management framework of Gluster. It is a core part of the Gluster experience. GlusterD-2.0 is a ground-up reimplementation of the management framework for Gluster-4.0, that is more scalable, easier to use and easier to integrate with than before.

This presentation will provide a attendees with an overview of Gluster, Gluster-4.0 and GlusterD-2.0. New users will get to know what Gluster is, and how it can help their storage needs. Existing users will get to know what to expect when upgrading to Gluster-4.0, and prepare for it. Developers will get to know how they Gluster-4.0 and GD2 make it easier to develop for and integrate with Gluster.