Latest version 3.8 from GlusterFS community comes out with the support for Mandatory locks. Please refer the blog post announcing the release to get an overview of all new features delivered with 3.8. This article will be a background cum architectural analysis on mandatory locks feature for GlusterFS and its further possibilities when working under various protocol environments.

Traditional/Advisory locks
Whenever it comes to a situation where file contents are being concurrently accessed by different applications there always raise the Read More »