Gluster - SWOT Analysis 2017 Vijay Bellur GlusterFS Co-Maintainer Red Hat @vbellur
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Gluster - SWOT Analysis 2017
Vijay Bellur GlusterFS Co-Maintainer Red Hat @vbellur
What is a SWOT Analysis?
Gluster - Strengths● Hybrid Cloud Storage● Community Momentum● Ecosystem Integration● Use Case Clarity
Gluster - Strengths: Hybrid Cloud Storage● Flexible and easy to run on any platform● Runs on
○ Physical Machines○ Virtual Machines○ Containers○ Public Cloud
● Data replication across Hybrid Cloud● Consistent Storage Stack for applications
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Predictable release cycles
● Brick Multiplexing● Reblance time estimation● Statedump for gfapi 3.10
Feb 2017
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Predictable release cycles
● Brick Multiplexing● Reblance time estimation● Statedump for gfapi 3.10
Feb 2017
● Halo Replication● Metadata performance● Rebalance
performance improvements
3.11May 2017
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Predictable release cycles
● Brick Multiplexing● Reblance time estimation● Statedump for gfapi 3.10
Feb 2017
● Halo Replication● Metadata performance● Rebalance
performance improvements
3.11May 2017
● Sub-directory mounts for FUSE
● Gfid to Path by default● Configurable time zone
for logs
3.12Aug 2017
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Upcoming release cycles
● Gfapi support for upcalls● IPv6 Support● Discard Support for EC3.13
Nov 2017
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Upcoming release cycles
● Gfapi support for upcalls● IPv6 Support● Discard Support for EC3.13
Nov 2017
● Glusterd2● Thin client/ gfproxy● N+1 scaling
4.0Feb 2018?
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Upcoming release cycles
● Gfapi support for upcalls● IPv6 Support● Discard Support for EC3.13
Nov 2017
● Glusterd2● Thin client/ gfproxy● N+1 scaling
4.0Feb 2018?
● RIO● Geo-replication to S3● Performance
improvements
4.1May 2018?
Gluster - Strengths: Community Momentum ● Improved diversity in community (code) contributions● Broad community leadership - NO SPOF!
○ More Core maintainers○ More component maintainers & peers○ $(topdir)/MAINTAINERS in git reflects current status
● More gluster ecosystem projects - gluster-block, gluster-s3, Tendrl● Experimental branch for innovation
Gluster - Strengths: Ecosystem Integration● Containers
○ Kubernetes, gluster-kubernetes, Heketi
Gluster - Strengths: Ecosystem Integration● Hyperconvergence
○ Ovirt (6 Steps to Nirvana!)
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Gluster - Strengths: Ecosystem Integration● NFS Ganesha● Samba● Tcmu-runner● Swift
Gluster - Strengths: Use Case clarity● Scale-out NAS across Hybrid Cloud● Container Native Storage● Hyperconvergence for VMs
Gluster - Weaknesses
Gluster - Weaknesses● Usability● Scale● Automation● Discoverability of information
Gluster - Weaknesses: Usability● Installation is a breeze, but:
○ Day 2 operations are difficult○ GUI based management is inadequate○ Monitoring is painful○
● [root@deepthought westford]# gluster volume create d disperse disperse-data 4 redundancy 2 hostname1:/brick1 hostname2:/brick1 hostname3:/brick1 hostname4:/brick1 hostname5:/brick1 hostname6:/brick1 hostname7:/brick2 hostname8:/brick2 hostname:/brick3 hostname4:/brick2 hostname5:/brick2 hostname6:/brick2 hostname1:/brick3 hostname2:/brick3 hostname3:/brick3 hostname4:/brick3 hostname5:/brick3 hostname6:/brick3….
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Gluster - Weaknesses: Scale● Management Scale
○ Being improved with glusterd2
● Data Scale○ Directory & Metadata improvements with RIO
● Monitoring at Scale○ Eventing, promotheus?
● Debugging at Scale○ EFK, better logs
Gluster - Weaknesses: Automation● Insufficient automation of tests wrt features
○ Glusto needs more help and love!
● Lack of automation w.r.t debugging○ Need tooling for log analysis, performance analysis etc.
● Lack of automation for Day 2○ gdeploy?
● Non-deterministic release testing○ Related to point #1
Gluster - Weaknesses: Discoverability● Documentation - continues to be problematic● Messaging - Not structured, infrequent● Features to Release mapping
○ Projects in github - solves this problem!
Gluster - Opportunities
Gluster - Opportunities● Deeper integration with containers, autonomic computing● Hardware gamechangers like NVMe/pmem● Integration with emerging technologies - BlockChain, Machine Learning, IoT
etc.● Innovate to outperform proprietary storage!
Gluster - Threats
Gluster - Threats● Public Cloud● Emerging & Legacy Proprietary storage● Lack of Innovation● Lack of Innovation - Stability balance
Questions?
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