[ubuntu-in] Distributed File System

[Jkhatri]

On 03/22/2010 04:55 PM, Venkatesh Nandakumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a lab (Debian+Ubuntu Comps) and we want a very basic 
> Distributed Files System.
> The requirements should be:-
>
> 1) Should connect all comps as one huge files system ( or at least a 
> part of it, for e.g ~/Users folder in all computers). May have a 
> single server daemon running and multiple client services (or some 
> other combination)
> 2) Prefer using native 'cp' 'mv' 'rm' commands. For e.g Tahoe-LAFS had 
> its own complex set of `tahoe add` commands which were difficult to 
> use and supported less flags {And no, alias did not make it any easier 
> to use}
> 3) Should be "dropbox-like" in functionality. Drag-Drop using nautilus 
> should be supported since most of the users are not very experienced.
> 4) Windows support is of low priority, but added advantage.
> 5) Least data redundancy ( and wastage of disk space)
>
> There were a huge number of distributed file systems listed on 
> wikipedia, and I prefer to get your opinions instead. Especially from 
> people with prior experience in this regard.
>
> Thanking you in advance!
>
> Venkatesh Nandakumar
> Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering
> Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Have a look at this[1]...... may be it can help you


[1] http://www.openafs.org/

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