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GlusterFS is a cluster file system with some unique characteristics, it has enterprise class features and is free, it uses chaining to customize it’s features to your specific needs, and it has a fast and open development team that’s very responsive to user requests. Some of these features make it very useful in high availability and load balancing environments. It’s not without it’s problems, though, and deciding when GlusterFS is feasible and when it isn’t can be a hard choice. This discussion will cover the features of GlusterFS, along with when it is and isn’t the right choice for your clustering needs.