lizardfs
The premium Open Source alternative to Ceph
🎯 Best for:Enterprises requiring reliable, distributed storage on standard hardware.
What is lizardfs?
An alternative to Ceph or GlusterFS for managing large-scale distributed storage across multiple commodity servers. It ensures data redundancy and high availability through a POSIX-compliant architecture with no single point of failure.
Tech Stack
C++Database & Storage
Why lizardfs?
- • High data availability
- • POSIX compliance
- • Easy horizontal scaling
Limitations
- • Complex network configuration
- • Metadata server overhead
- • Limited GUI management
2/24/2026
Last Update
192
Forks
324
Issues
GPL-3.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Ceph)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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