GlusterCS - Gluster for Container Storage

File Volumes

kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: gpv-1
spec:
  storageClassName: glusterfs-csi
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 1Gi

kubectl create -f pvc-gpv-1.yaml

Individual Gluster volumes for each request.

Block Volumes

kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: gpv-2
spec:
  storageClassName: glustervirtblock-csi
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 1Gi

kubectl create -f pvc-gpv-2.yaml

Light weight volumes for RWO use case

Thin Arbiter Volumes

kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: gpv-3
spec:
  storageClassName:>
    glusterfs-csi-thin-arbiter
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 5Gi

kubectl create -f pvc-gpv-3.yaml

Power of high availability with only two data centers.

Powered by Gluster

GCS brings the latest bits from different Gluster projects, including GlusterFS as storage. As a highlight, it uses GlusterD2, gluster’s new management layer, which is written with more flexibility and scale in mind.

This greatly enhances the Scale of the volumes one can squeeze from Gluster Storage. Feel the difference with the new lean stack.

Ease of Use

namespace: gcs
cluster-size: 3
nodes:
  - address: kube1
    devices: ["/dev/vdc"]

  - address: kube2
    devices: ["/dev/vdc"]

  - address: kube3
    devices: ["/dev/vdc"]

kubectl gluster deploy ./mycluster.yml

Easy to install on an already running kubernetes cluster.

Monitoring

Monitoring Metrics are exported from each of the Gluster server pods, point your Prometheus server to pull metrics.