[Gllug] new project HA at home and away

[Justin Perreault]

> On Thu, November 18, 2010 05:44, Justin Perreault wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am looking to improve the user experience for me and my partner as we
> > work and play accross three locations. We have two desktops and a
> > laptop.
> > 
> > What I want to do is enable either of us to login to any of the three
> > locations and have our individual desktop available. So far I am
> > thinking; 1. each hardware system installed as server that is part of
> > a group that sync with each other
> > 2. a virtual machine that provides our day to day working environment
> > 3. each machine should be able to function on its own and the user will
> > aware of the limits of syncing
> > 
> > From my research so far I think I am looking at a cluster that is to
> > provide a fail over(high availability) environment.
> 
> You could look into the much underrated AFS (Andrew File System). I think
> it would be good for such a setup.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_File_System
> 
> Regards,
> Salsaman.

That looks great. I'll have to look into it more. Thanks.

Justin
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