GFS may refer to any of the following:

  1. Short for Global File System, GFS was first developed at the University of Minnesota and now maintained by Red Hat. GFS is a file system that spans across a cluster and allows multiple computers to act as a unified machine.

Documentation for Global File System and Global File System 2 is at the following links.

  1. Short for Google File System, GFS is the file system used by Google for its own use.
  • Global File System documentation.
  • Global File System 2 documentation.

Computer abbreviations, File system, Software terms