GlusterFS Block Device Translator
Block device translator Block device translator (BD xlator) is a new translator added to GlusterFS recently which provides block backend for GlusterFS. This replaces the existing bd_map translator in...
View ArticleTroubleshooting QEMU-GlusterFS
As described in my previous blog post, QEMU supports talking to GlusterFS using libgfapi which is a much better way to use GlusterFS to host VM images than using the FUSE mount to access GlusterFS...
View ArticleUNMAP/DISCARD support in QEMU-GlusterFS
In my last blog post on QEMU-GlusterFS, I described the integration of QEMU with GlusterFS using libgfapi. In this post, I give an overview of the recently added discard support to QEMU’s GlusterFS...
View ArticleQEMU-GlusterFS native integration
GlusterFS is a distributed file system implemented in user space. It is strictly not a native file system in itself but is an aggregator of different file systems. GlusterFS can aggregate individual...
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