Open-Source File Storage System Announced
Cluster File Systems, Inc. has announced that it will release an object-based storage system for data sharing in enterprise networks. Known as Lustre (which stands for Linux Cluster), this product is a file system that runs on commodity hardware using object-based storage disks and metadata servers for storing metadata.
Lustre can store tens of thousands of nodes and can move hundred of gigabytes per second. Its design provides security of data by using replicated metadata servers. Object-based storage systems are appealing because they reduce bottlenecks in an application server, since the server doesn't have to search the entire files system to find the applications it is seeking.
Lustre uses a cluster-like storage system, and the data content is secure because it is stored/replicated at least once in the file storage system. Another advantage with this type of storage is access security: authorized users can access a specific object using the content's unique address, rather than the user needing access to the entire file system or a large sector of data.
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