Glusterfs is another NFS server for Linux which provides a robust NFS server capabilities. Glusterfs has many benefits compared to the ordinary NFS server that comes along with many Linux distribution. Its pretty easy to install and configure. In Mandriva 2012, simply use the following command to install Glusterfs server. Make sure this command executed as root privilege.
urpmi glusterfs-server
To check the glusterfs server version on your computer use this command instead
glusterfsd -–version
For more information, please visit Glusterfs website. In the future, I will post how to create and manage a glusterfs NFS server on Mandriva 2012.