Red Hat Global File System

The open source cluster file system for enterprise deployments

What if you could manage a cluster of servers, as if it were one server? Red Hat Global File System (GFS) helps you get there today, so that you can maximize the benefits of clustering and minimize the costs.

Red Hat GFS allows a cluster of Linux servers to share data in a common pool of storage, allowing you to:

• Greatly simplify your data infrastructure.
• Install and patch applications once, for the entire cluster.
• Reduce the need for redundant copies of data.
• Simplify back-up and disaster recovery tasks.
• Maximize use of storage resources and minimize your storage costs.
• Manage your storage capacity as a whole vs. by partition.
• Decrease your overall storage needs by reducing data duplication.
• Scale clusters seamlessly, adding storage or servers on the fly.
• No more partitioning storage with complicated techniques.
• Add servers simply by mounting them to a common file system.
• Achieve maximum application uptime.