OpenStack Manila is the file level access method in development by the open source cloud platform. What is it, how does it work and when will it be ready?

Red Hat, a leader in the OpenStack Manila scale-out shared file system, said it has integrated Manila APIs into Red Hat Gluster Storage to provide file-based services in OpenStack environments.

Red Hat Gluster Storage with OpenStack Manila technology preview gives enterprises software-defined file storage for OpenStack clouds.

OpenStack Manila abstracts Manila file shares from underlying hardware and allows them to grow, shrink or migrate across physical resources.

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Red Hat, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source solutions, is offering a technology preview of Red Hat Gluster Storage with capabilities from the OpenStack community's new Manila project.