Alan McKay wrote: > OK, you have my attention. But reading around on the website for 5 or > 10 minutes and I'm still not sure what this is. > > What is it? A cluster filesystem > Why would I use it? Because the alternatives are either not up to it or fraught with problems. > What would I use instead of it? (Who are its competitors) Maybe Lustre or GFS if you have a small (note: SMALL) deployment. > When would I not use it? When you do not need/want a cluster file system that still gives you an alternative access mechanism (cifs, nfs, whatever) to your data if certain crucial bits go down. > > I see this "The software is a powerful and flexible solution that > simplifies the task of managing unstructured file data", but I have no > idea what "unstructured file data" means. > Me neither but I have me eyes on GlusterFS and I have been waiting for OpenSolaris support as a client or I will be using Centos 5 as a client.