Lustre AlternativesFilesystem Utilities and other similar apps like Lustre

Lustre is described as 'Massively parallel filesystem designed for high-performance, large-scale data' and is a filesystem utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Lustre for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Lustre alternative is DiskInternals Linux Reader, which is free. Other great apps like Lustre are Linux File Systems for Windows, Ceph, Google Cloud Filestore and GlusterFS.

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    A freemium tool for reading files from EXT2/EXT3/EXT4, HFS, UFS2, Reiser4, and ReiserFS partitions in Windows. Some filesystem types locked restricted to "Pro" version.

    14 DiskInternals Linux Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is the most popular Windows alternative to Lustre.

    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is the most popular free alternative to Lustre.

    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is Freemium and ProprietaryLustre is Free and Open Source
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    Gain full access to ExtFS/Btrfs/XFS partitions from a Windows environment, ensuring optimal data safety and performance. Supports automount, LVM, and integration with 3rd party applications through GUI or command line, suitable for media handling and full file control.

    10 Linux File Systems for Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Windows
     
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    • Linux File Systems for Windows is the most popular commercial alternative to Lustre.

    • Linux File Systems for Windows is Paid and ProprietaryLustre is Free and Open Source
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    Ceph is a distributed object store and file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability and scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Ceph is the most popular Linux alternative to Lustre.

    • Ceph is the most popular Open Source alternative to Lustre.

    • Ceph is Free and Open SourceLustre is also Free and Open Source
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    Google Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service designed for high-performance workloads. It provides consistent performance, low latency storage operations, and can handle demanding workloads effectively. With Filestore Enterprise, there is a 99.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Google Cloud Filestore is the most popular Web-based alternative to Lustre.

    • Google Cloud Filestore is Paid and ProprietaryLustre is Free and Open Source
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    GlusterFS is a scale-out network-attached storage file system. It has found applications including cloud computing, streaming media services, and content delivery networks. GlusterFS was developed originally by Gluster, Inc. and then by Red Hat, Inc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. HFSExplorer icon
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    HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images.

    10 HFSExplorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Ext2Read is an explorer like utility to explore ext2/ext3/ext4 files. It now supports Linux LVM2. It can be used to view and copy files and folders. It can recursively copy entire folders. It can also be used to view and copy disk and file system images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Skylable Sx icon
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    Skylable SX is a reliable, fully distributed cluster solution for your data storage needs. With SX you can aggregate the disk space available on multiple servers and merge it into a single storage system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Skylable Sx is the most popular Mac alternative to Lustre.

    • Skylable Sx is Free and Open SourceLustre is also Free and Open Source
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    FUSE for macOS allows you to extend macOS via third-party file systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    When you want to create a new file system on Windows, for example to improve FAT or NTFS, you need to develop a file system driver. Developing a device driver that works in kernel mode on windows is extremely difficult.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Kadalu Storage is an opinionated distributed Storage solution based on GlusterFS. Kadalu Storage uses the file system layer from GlusterFS and built a completely new ecosystem around it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Elliptics network is a fault tolerant key/value storage. It was designed to handle all error cases starting from simple disk problems upto datacenter failures. With default key generation policy it implements distributed hash table object storage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Elliptics is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Lustre.

    • Elliptics is Free and Open SourceLustre is also Free and Open Source
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