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Comparison of Distributed Parallel File Systems

Currently only free software are listed

	Server requirement	Client requirement	Managment commands	RDMA support	Notes
MooseFS	POSIX	FUSE	mfstools(1), mfscli(1), mfsmount(8)	No	Included in FreeBSD ports tree
LizardFS	POSIX	FUSE	lizardfs(1), mfsmount(8)	No	A fork of MooseFS
Lustre	GNU/Linux	Linux	lfs(1), mkfs.lustre(8), mount.lustre(8), lustre_*, others	Yes	Included in Debian GNU/Linux; Too complicated
Gfarm	POSIX	FUSE, Linux 2.6.32	gf*	Yes	Included in Debian GNU/Linux; Hardcoded daemon user name `_gfarmfs`
Quantcast	POSIX	C++ and Java API, FUSE (read-only)	qfs(1), others	No	Requires CMake to build; installing prefix need to be separate, such as `/opt/qfs`, to avoid file hierarchy pollution
RozoFS	GNU/Linux	FUSE	rozo(1), others	No	Requires CMake to build; fixed storage target counts
GlusterFS	POSIX	FUSE, NFS 3	gluster(8), mount.glusterfs(8)	Yes	Included in Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD ports tree; directory structure is stored directly in backend file system, no separated metadata target is required
Ceph	POSIX	FUSE, Linux, NFS-Ganesha	ceph(1), mount.ceph(8), ceph-fuse(8), rados(8), ceph-create-keys(8), ceph-mon(8), ceph-bluestore-tool(8), others	Yes	Included in Debian GNU/Linux; Requires CMake to build since version 11.0.1; support direct using disk device as backend storage

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