Distributed storage shouldn’t force a trade-off between cost and reliability. MooseFS pools commodity x86-64 and ARM servers into a single fault-tolerant POSIX namespace, so you get enterprise-grade durability and parallel performance without proprietary appliances, vendor lock-in, or a rewrite of your applications.
Below is the short version of why teams pick MooseFS. For the full technical breakdown, see Advantages & Features.
MooseFS runs on standard x86-64 and ARM servers from any manufacturer and lets you mix SATA / SAS and SSD / HDD in the same cluster. Start small, add nodes as you need them, and keep the hardware you already have — no proprietary appliances, no forklift upgrades.
No single point of failure. Metadata is kept in two or more copies across redundant servers, user data is spread redundantly across storage nodes, and failures are handled automatically. Rolling upgrades keep the cluster online while you replace hardware underneath it.
A standard POSIX namespace with Unix permissions and ACLs, plus a free, open-source Community edition. Your applications mount MooseFS and read and write files the way they always have — no SDK, no protocol change, no lock-in.
Twenty years of battle-testing in high-throughput production environments means MooseFS is proven where it matters — not just on a benchmark, but in real workloads that never stop.
The Pro edition adds enterprise features and a direct line to the engineers who write the code. That means faster diagnosis, deeper answers, and fixes that land upstream — not a ticket queue between you and the people who built the system.
If you want the full technical picture, the Advantages & Features page lists everything MooseFS does and how it does it. If you’d rather talk pricing, licensing, or a specific deployment, get in touch and we’ll come back with a quote.
