Red Hat Gluster Storage Reviews

Name: Red Hat Gluster Storage
Brand: Red Hat
Rating: 4 (4 reviews)

4.1 out of 5

4 reviews
80% willing to recommend

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What is Red Hat Gluster Storage?

Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly known as Red Hat Storage Server) is a software-defined storage (SDS) platform designed to handle the requirements of traditional file storage—high-capacity tasks like backup and archival as well as high-performance tasks of analytics and virtualization. But unlike traditional storage systems, Red Hat Gluster Storage isn’t rigid and expensive. It easily scales across bare metal, virtual, container, and cloud deployments.

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Red Hat Gluster Storage is the #10 ranked solution in top Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions. PeerSpot users give Red Hat Gluster Storage an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. Red Hat Gluster Storage is most commonly compared to VMware vSAN: Red Hat Gluster Storage vs VMware vSAN. Red Hat Gluster Storage is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 65% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 17% of all views.

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Software Defined Storage (SDS)

September 2024

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Featured reviews

GiovanniRamirez

Senior IT Consultant at Xerif

Gluster FS is used for various purposes, including virtualization, collaboration, and data center environments. It is also applied in personal environments. Some specific use cases mentioned include scaling a three-terabyte file system into a 12-terabyte file system with minimal downtime Gluster…

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Sebastian Baszczyj

Open Source Architect at Insentra

The performance depends on how the tool is implemented. Many customers were implementing the cluster on top of virtual machines. We do not know whether the performance issues were with the virtualized storage or something else. I implement the solution for customers. My recommendation would depend on the requirements of an organization. The tool can be used for everything. It will be perfect for searching logs and files. However, the product will not be suitable for databases. I would recommend running high-performance applications for databases on top of the solution. For the ease of implementation and usability, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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Lin321Eng999

Linux System Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are using as a transition data storage. We have some use case where it has performed bad, and we have some use cases where it has performed well It has helped, but the solution can be difficult because we buy hardware. Therefore, it's not always a good solution. If it is designed correctly,…

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Red Hat Gluster Storage mindshare

As of October 2024, the mindshare of Red Hat Gluster Storage in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category stands at 2.9%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Last updated Sep 16, 2024

Valuable Features

"Notable features of Gluster FS include flexibility, scalability, stability, and ease of use."
"The technical support team is excellent."
"It's very easy to upgrade storage."

Room for Improvement

"There is a feature in Red Hat’s commercial version that could be beneficial if integrated into the open-source version."
"The performance of the solution must be improved."
"The user interface could be simplified."

Pricing

"If you need cheap storage, but still need high availability, it's a good product to look at."

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Top industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Red Hat Gluster Storage was previously known as Red Hat Gluster, Red Hat Storage Server.

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Red Hat Gluster Storage customers

NTT Plala, McMaster University, University of Basque Country, Goodtech ASA, Cox Automotive, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), SaskTel, Glashart Media, Casio