Storage and File Structure of a Bioinformatics Cloud Architecture

GlusterFS is a scalable distributed network file-system that aggregates disk storage resources from multiple servers into a single global name-space. It is an open source software, and due to its versatility it is commonly used in data-intensive tasks such as cloud storage or media streaming services. With the vast amount of applications that bioinformatics and cloud architecture provide, understanding the Gluster file-system specifically in regard to the performance is extremely important. Throughout this research document we will investigate and analyze the various facets of performance given varying scenarios.