# Gluster
  Gluster is a software defined distributed storage that can scale to several
  petabytes. It provides interfaces for object, block and file storage.

## Development
  Contributions to gluster in the form of patches and new feature additions can
  be made by following steps outlined at [Developers Guide](https://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Developer-guide/Developers-Index/#contributing-to-the-gluster-community).

## Documentation
  The Gluster documentation can be found at [Gluster Docs](http://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest).

## Deployment
  Quick instructions to build and install can be found in [INSTALL](INSTALL) file.

## Maintainers
  The list of Gluster maintainers is available in [MAINTAINERS](MAINTAINERS) file.

## License
  Gluster is dual licensed under [GPLV2](COPYING-GPLV2) and [LGPLV3+](COPYING-LGPLV3).

  Please visit the [Gluster Home Page](http://www.gluster.org/) to find out more about Gluster.