Open source industry thought leaders join forces to foster continued
innovation for GlusterFS
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the establishment of the GlusterFS Advisory
Board focused on expanding the reach of the GlusterFS project. The
creation of an independent board is expected to foster more
contributions and participation from third-party sysadmins, developers
and independent software vendors (ISVs). With meetings scheduled on a
quarterly basis, the GlusterFS Advisory Board includes open source
experts from a number of large companies making their mark in the
industry.
Board members include:
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Chairman: John Mark Walker, GlusterFS Community Manager at Red Hat
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Richard Wareing, Storage Engineer, Facebook
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Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy, office of the CTO at Red Hat; co-founder,
GlusterFS project
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Ewan Mellor, Xen engineer, Citrix; core contributor to OpenStack
project
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David Nalley, CloudStack community manager, Citrix; member, Fedora
Advisory Board
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Louis Zuckerman, senior system administrator, Picture Marketing
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Joe Julian, senior system administrator, Ed Wyse Beauty Products
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Jeff Darcy, Sr. Filesystem engineer, Red Hat; founder, HekaFS project
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Greg DeKoenigsberg, community VP, Eucalyptus; co-founder, Fedora
project
GlusterFS is a freely available version and foundation of Red Hat
Storage that has been downloaded in over 100 countries worldwide. Over
the past year, downloads increased by 300 percent.
"We have established this advisory board to help ensure the future
success of GlusterFS and facilitate communication between community
members and the project. Each of these board members were selected based
on their past contributions to GlusterFS or their standing in related
communities," said John Mark Walker, GlusterFS Community Manager.
"I'm excited to be part of the continuing evolution of the GlusterFS
project," said Richard Wareing, Storage Engineer at Facebook and
GlusterFS board member. "The future of GlusterFS is bright, and I am
honored to help guide the project."
New enhancements that develop through the GlusterFS project help enhance
future features added to Red Hat Storage. Red Hat's software development
model includes active sponsorship of several leading open source
projects, amongst the more well-known is the Fedora project. The Fedora
community produces and releases a complete Linux-based operating system
approximately every six months, incorporating leading-edge technologies
that are built by software developers around the globe. Through its
involvement in open source projects, Red Hat has developed strong
relationships with customers, developers and partners across the IT
industry.
The nine GlusterFS board members serve as individuals and do not
represent their employers. No more than three individuals per company
may sit on the board. Each member may serve until they are no longer
involved in the GlusterFS project or they elect to step down.
Examples of items that will be voted on include approval or
modifications of the board charter, approval of new initiatives for
GlusterFS and approval of release schedules and roadmaps.
For more information on the duties of the advisory board see here: http://gluster.org/advisors/.
For details on the roadmap of GlusterFS and if you would like to
register for the webinar on January 26, please visit: http://www.redhat.com/webinars/?zPage=2012-01-26-The-future-of-gluster-dot-org-a-roadmap.
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