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XtreemFS

XtreemFS is an object-based, distributed file system for wide area networks. XtreemFS' outstanding feature is full and real fault tolerance, while maintaining POSIX file system semantics. Fault-tolerance is achieved by using Paxos-based lease negotiation algorithms and is used to replicate files and metadata. SSL and X.509 certificates support make XtreemFS usable over public networks.

Features
• Secure connections to Contrail (software) • Clients for Linux, Windows and OS X • Open source (New BSD License since release 1.3) • Cross-site file replication with auto-failover • Partial replicas, objects fetched on demand • POSIX compatibility • Plugins for authentication policies, replica selection • RAID0 (striping) with parallel I/O over stripes • Read-only replication • Security (SSL, X.509 certificates) • Servers for Linux and Solaris Natively and Non-Native Windows Java & ANT based server. • experimental file system driver for Hadoop (added in version 1.2) ==Use cases==
Use cases
• as a filer replacement (home directories and group shares), • in HPC cluster, • in Hadoop clusters, • for VM block storage • cross-branch data sharing • and many more use cases, all in a single system. ==See also==
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