I recommend to look at GlusterFS. It fast, modularized, layered clustering file system. It is not tied to Linux kernel because it built for (patched) Fuse. With

I recommend to look at GlusterFS. It fast, modularized, layered clustering file system. It is not tied to Linux kernel because it built for (patched) Fuse. With Infiniband hardware, it is fastest clustered system available for free. See http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_1.3.pre2-VERGACION_vs_Lustre-1.4.9.1_Various_Benchmarks http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_1.3.pre2-VER... for example.