Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 18:26:01 -0400 From: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What happened with the GlusterFS port? Message-ID: <CAKYr3zwt4fW5mgCS=rCNkg%2BYxGbTG%2Bc2Xj59-weNPNSDZBGpBQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5352B889.9050608@freebsd.org> References: <28234312-7982-49F5-83FD-865649AA9CCB@ultra-secure.de> <1397850220.58880.16.camel@powernoodle.corp.yahoo.com> <CAKYr3zybY3hdXLpL-fCvqs%2B=syZ7uBE-FiXj%2BXcRGG1YoUZhOQ@mail.gmail.com> <7FAD7618-593D-4797-9EE9-BA36A87CE79B@ultra-secure.de> <5352B889.9050608@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote= : > On 4/19/14, 4:43 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > >> Am 18.04.2014 um 21:51 schrieb Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com>: >> >> >>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Sean Bruno <sbruno@ignoranthack.me> >>> wrote: >>> On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 21:30 +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> does anybody know where the effort to port GluserFS to FreeBSD went? >>>> >>>> There=E2=80=99s this (very) outdated wiki-page: >>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/GlusterFS >>>> >>>> and there=E2=80=99s the SoC project: >>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013/GlusterFSport >>>> >>>> But nothing seems to have happened after it was finished. >>>> >>> >>> The port made decent progress over the GSOC period, but no, it never >>> gained any traction to end up in the ports collection. >>> >>> >>> >> That is very unfortunate. >> >> >> >> not to hijack the thread but, glusters ancient, use riak-cs, or swift, >>> or port leofs >>> >>> >> >> Currently, the unavailability of GlusterFS in FreeBSD (vs. the >> availability in Linux) is sort of a deal-breaker for some projects here. >> >> There are, regrettably, a large number of legacy applications the rely o= n >> a traditional filesystem. >> An equally large number of customers continue to rely on these same >> applications, for the foreseeable future (and they pay us to run the stu= ff). >> Traditionally, I would have just suggested a ZFS NFS fileserver - but it >> adds a single point of failure, manual failover with ZFS sends/HAST etc. >> > > hey check out panzura's product.. (disclaimer: I work there) > >> >> Shameless plug...... its not Free either......... !!!! > GlusterFS would eliminate this (in situations where the customer needs a >> number of servers anyway). >> >> I guess, it won=E2=80=99t happen until somebody is paid to do it (SoC so= rt of >> proofed that) - directly or indirectly. >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> >
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