Lustre vs MooseFS
Lustre
lustre.org
MooseFS
moosefs.comSide by side
| Figure | Lustre | MooseFS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Distributed File System Software | 7.4 (#20) | 8.4 (#4) |
| Product | Lustre is an open-source, parallel file system for high-performance computing environments. | MooseFS is distributed storage software that spreads data across multiple servers while presenting it as one resource. |
| Security | The FAQ says Lustre supports POSIX access control lists and Kerberos authentication, and enforces security on the Metadata Server using a server-local PAM-managed group database. | MooseFS 5 adds cluster-wide authentication that gates data access through the master and prevents storage-layer bypass of export permissions. |
| Supported systems | The download wiki says supported operating system subdirectories typically include RHEL, SLES, and Ubuntu, with separate client and server RPMs. | Official binary packages are offered for Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Raspberry Pi OS, and macOS; macOS packages require macFUSE and target macOS 12 or later. |
Plans
In their own words
MooseFS
MooseFS is distributed storage software that combines data held across multiple servers into one resource. It can be mounted as a POSIX filesystem, used as a block device, or accessed through the C API. Reads and writes run across multiple chunkservers, so adding servers can increase both storage capacity and bandwidth. MooseFS replicates data chunks and restores missing copies after disk or node loss. The Community edition is open source under GPLv2, with one active master and single-parity erasure coding. Personal provides the full Pro feature set for non-commercial use, free up to 20 TiB of used raw space; beyond that, the listed price is €9 as a one-time purchase for each TiB. Pro adds synchronized master failover and support for clusters spanning locations. MooseFS 5 adds cluster-wide authentication. Official packages are offered for Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Raspberry Pi OS, and macOS; macOS requires macFUSE and macOS 12 or later. The native Windows client is included with Pro.