> I didn't mean to exclude those, but they weren't part of the original comparison. I didn't mean to imply otherwise, just to emphasize the hat in the way of

> I didn't mean to exclude those, but they weren't part of the original comparison. I didn't mean to imply otherwise, just to emphasize the hat in the way of the talking, assuming words mean what everyone knows. (I don't know if Gluster has moved too far from its roots to be an HPC filesystem too.) Good observations about distribution and misleading marketing. For anyone still following and interested, OrangeFS uses Giga+ [1] to distribute metadata. I don't know where to read about the design for the other free systems mentioned available for study, and I've heard people being rude about Lustre's design anyway. 1. http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/PDL-FTP/PDSI/fast2011-gigaplus.pdf http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/PDL-FTP/PDSI/fast2011-gigaplus.pdf