GlusterFS Layered Functionality

Distributed Replicated Volume

Distributes files across multiple replica sets

Distributed Striped Volume

Files striped across to or more nodes Striping plus scalability

Striped Replicated Volume

Replicated sets of strip sets Similar to RAID 10 (1+0)

Distributed Striped Replicated Volume

GlusterFS 3.3+ Limited Use Cases – Map Reduce