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GlusterFS driver
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GlusterFS driver
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GlusterFS is an open-source scalable distributed file system that is able
to grow to petabytes and beyond in size. More information can be found on
`Gluster's homepage <http://www.gluster.org/>`_.

This driver enables the use of GlusterFS in a similar fashion as NFS.
It supports basic volume operations, including snapshot and clone.

.. note::

   You must use a Linux kernel of version 3.4 or greater (or version 2.6.32
   or greater in Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.3+) when working with
   Gluster-based volumes. See `Bug 1177103 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/
   nova/+bug/1177103>`_ for more information.

To use Block Storage with GlusterFS, first set the ``volume_driver`` in
``cinder.conf``:

.. code-block:: ini

   volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.glusterfs.GlusterfsDriver

The following table contains the configuration options supported by
the GlusterFS driver.

.. include:: ../../tables/cinder-storage_glusterfs.rst

Convert block storage Gluster to RST
[config-ref] Convert block storage Gluster to RST

Change-Id: I476a0e4e34d94d15fa505d59bbe0d3ca5ec1bf3e
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