there is a section about metadata on page <a href="http://www.gluster.com/news.php">http://www.gluster.com/news.php</a><br><br><b>"No metadata dependencies</b> - metadata management is frequently a
source of performance bottlenecks, particularly when there are a very
large number of files, and can be a single point of failure in
traditional file systems. <b><u>G</u><u>lusterFS eliminates this problem with
intelligent data placement, an automatic data distribution method </u></b>that
optimizes the use of resources and eliminates metadata bottlenecks."<br><br>yes,it's a advantage of GlusterFS. but yet i found no more detailed information about the "intelligent data placement" "an automatic data distribution methed". could anyone explain it in detail? and something about file managemment~~~<br>
<br>i put the question in dev-maillist in which i hope someone could explain it at the point of a developer. the problem confuses me some days~~<br>thanks in advnace !<br>