[Gluster-users] Object storage GlusterFS 3.4 Ubuntu

Kaleb S. KEITHLEY kkeithle at redhat.com
Fri Aug 2 11:23:17 UTC 2013


On 08/02/2013 05:19 AM, sabotrax at gmail.com wrote:

> I'd also like to have some clarification on the term "object storage" in
> the GlusterFs domain. Is it called Swift, UFO or something else?
>

It was originally called Unified File and Object or UFO.

For a while the plan was to rename it to Gluster for Swift or G4S.

Now the intent is to have an umbrella project called Gluster for 
OpenStack or G4O, of which the Swift part — G4S — will be one component.

They're all the same thing.

-- 

Kaleb



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