Hello Community! Starting this week, we will be sending a (bi)weekly update about the gluster-block development activities. For someone who is catching up with gluster's block storage project for the first time, here is everything that you need to know: - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/blob/master/README.md Dev update for the week: What is done: -> Dynamic config reloading feature - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/88 -> CLI audit log feature - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/83 -> Defending on minimum kernel version at various distros - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/119 What is in-progress: -> Design about various locking api's support required by ALUA feature - https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/466 - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/issues/53 -> Design about block configuration self heal feature - TODO: Will share the link in the next update -> Get rid of huge buffer allocation for reading the configuration file - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/123 -> Dump all failure msgs to stderr - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/121 -> Support new glibc versions by adopting libtirpc for fedora >=28 - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/57 What is coming up-next: -> v0.4 release of gluster-block, mainly waiting on - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/pull/57 -> Package update for fedora 28 - currently waiting on dependent projects package updates How can one be part of gluster-block: -> Share us your experience with gluster-block: - More information about how to use/test, can be found at '# man gluster-block' or refer basic.t -> Report new issues or submit a pull request for existing issues: - https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/issues Cheers! -- Gluster-block Team.