[Gluster-devel] Results of GlusterFS 3.6 planning meeting

Justin Clift justin at gluster.org
Thu Mar 13 09:43:09 UTC 2014


Results of GlusterFS 3.6 Planning Meeting
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The GlusterFS 3.6 Planning Meeting was held yesterday on IRC, with 25
feature proposals and 28 people actively involved in the discussion.

The results were...

Core features for 3.6
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  * Better SSL
  * Data Classification
  * Heterogeneous Bricks
  * Trash
  * Disperse
  * Persistent AFR Changelog Xattributes
  * Better Peer Identification
  * Gluster Volume Snapshot
  * AFRv2
  * Policy Based Split-Brain Resolver (PBSBR)
  * RDMA Improvements
  * Server-side Barrier Feature


Features it would be nice to have (but may not make it for 3.6)
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  * New Style Replication
  * IPv6 support
  * Glusterd Volume Locks
  * Better Logging
  * Object Count
  * Exports Netgroups Authentication
  * SELinux Integration
  * Gluster User Serviceable Snapshots
  * Outcast
  * REST API
  * Archipelago Integration


Features that aren't likely for 3.x series
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  * Thousand Node Glusterd
  * Easy Addition of Custom Translators


Other info
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GlusterFS 3.6 Feature Planning page (has info on all the features):
  http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Planning36

Etherpad discussion results:
  http://titanpad.com/glusterfs-3-6-planning

IRC #gluster-meeting minutes:
  http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/gluster-meeting/2014-03-12/gluster-meeting.2014-03-12-15.00.html
  
Thanks to everyone who participated. :)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift  

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