PowerScale OneFS vs Gluster

POPowerScale OneFS8.2Visit Gluster7.7Visit

Higher score PO PowerScale OneFS #2 in Distributed File System Software 8.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Try PowerScale OneFS

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Gluster #3 in Distributed File System Software 7.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Gluster

• PowerScale OneFS fits best

  Enterprise scale-out file infrastructure

• Gluster fits best

  Open-source teams needing resilient file storage

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Side by side

Feature	POPowerScale OneFS 8.2/10 Visit ↗	Gluster 7.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.2	7.7
Ranking	#2 in Distributed File System Software	#3 in Distributed File System Software
Best for	Enterprise scale-out file infrastructure	Open-source teams needing resilient file storage
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Support	Docs	Community, Docs
Built for	Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features PowerScale OneFS 3/3 · Gluster 1/3
Data replication	✓	✓
Multi-site support	✓ (best)	Not published
Encryption at rest	✓ (best)	Not published
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
File access protocols	NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSoRDMA, SMB1, SMB2, SMB3, HTTP, FTP, NDMP, SNMP, LDAP, HDFS, S3, ADS, NIS	Not published
Maximum nodes	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Global namespace across clustered storage nodes Broad support for file, object, analytics, archive, and cloud workflows Replication, failover, snapshots, deduplication, tiering, and encryption	Global namespace with replicated and erasure-coded volumes Geo-replication, snapshots, quotas, and bitrot detection NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and Swift REST access
Cons	Contact-sales pricing can make budgeting less direct Designed for PowerScale platforms or software-defined AWS deployments Its broad feature set is more than smaller file environments may need	Focused on Linux and self-hosted deployments Commercial support is separate from the community project Requires planning for distributed storage administration
Our verdict	PowerScale OneFS is Dell Technologies’ distributed file system for PowerScale scale-out NAS platforms. It creates a single file system and global namespace across clustered storage nodes, making it suitable for enterprise file, object,… Read the review →	Gluster is a free, open-source distributed network filesystem that aggregates storage from multiple servers into a global namespace. It is aimed at teams building scalable storage deployments for data-intensive workloads, including media… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• PowerScale OneFS — where it wins

  • Global namespace across clustered storage nodes
  • Broad support for file, object, analytics, archive, and cloud workflows
  • Replication, failover, snapshots, deduplication, tiering, and encryption

  Where it doesn't

  • Contact-sales pricing can make budgeting less direct
  • Designed for PowerScale platforms or software-defined AWS deployments
  • Its broad feature set is more than smaller file environments may need

• Gluster — where it wins

  • Global namespace with replicated and erasure-coded volumes
  • Geo-replication, snapshots, quotas, and bitrot detection
  • NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and Swift REST access

  Where it doesn't

  • Focused on Linux and self-hosted deployments
  • Commercial support is separate from the community project
  • Requires planning for distributed storage administration

• POPowerScale OneFS8.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad, enterprise-focused file system for clustered NAS and cloud deployments.

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• Gluster7.7/10 · Free plan

  A resilient distributed filesystem for Linux-based, self-hosted storage environments.

  Visit GlusterFull verdict →