[Nottingham] Distributed filesystems

[James Gibbon]

Graeme Fowler wrote:
>
> I'm trying to build a system whereby all the servers in the system
> act as part of a shared filestore, without wanting to resort
> to NFS (locking issues abound). It could well be a fully-active
> system, where all component parts are client-facing, or it
> could be an active-passive system where we have some kit 
> "backgrounded" waiting to step in should an active server fail.
> 
> I seem to have about a hundred different ways to go about it, so
> would appreciate any pointers or experiences you might have.
> 
I used to work as an SA in a firm which made heavy use of AFS under
Solaris - very scalable, highly efficient use of caching, very
nice security features (uses ACLs) and possible to set up so that a
RO server could die without users ever knowing or caring about it.

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