GlusterFS is a distributed scale-out filesystem that runs on commodity hardware. In this session, Vijay Bellur will provide an architectural overview of GlusterFS and discuss how its file, object & block interfaces can be used to build a scale-out storage solution for modern datacenter needs. Details on new features , use cases and interesting challenges with GlusterFS will be provided. As part of this session, Vijay will also discuss integration of GlusterFS with other open source ecosystems like OpenStack, oVirt, Apache Hadoop and provide future directions of the GlusterFS project.