1. Provide fast remote file access across nodes

2. Support large amount of storage (TB), that can grow dynamically as disks and nodes are added

3. Provide high R/W performance while supporting RAID 0/1 configuration over the cluster

4. Restart quickly, even for an unclean shutdown due to power failure or system crash

5. Support small size files, and large number of files(>1000K)

6. Support generic URL file name