Exanodes is a software solution which creates a shared storage system using the cluster’s own hard disks which are, customarily, under-used. Exanodes utilizes the network interconnect as a datapath and both the nodes’ memory and CPU to process storage access requests. The internal storage is clustered, allowing the user to share data among clusters’ nodes using a reliable, high-performance method. Exanodes is perfectly suited to the needs of cluster environments as it has been based on both their architecture and philosophy.