On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:59:38 -0400 shawn wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> btw, i just ran across this (looking at perlbal) but this looks related to > the 'network file system' conversation. > http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ Interesting, but almost certainly not what I need: > MogileFS is not: > > * POSIX Compliant -- you don't run regular Unix applications or > databases against MogileFS. It's meant for archiving write-once files > and doing only sequential reads. (though you can modify a file by way > of overwriting it with a new version) > > Notes: o Yes, this means your application has to specifically use a > MogileFS client library to store and retrieve files. The steps in > general are 1) talk to a tracker about what you want to put or get, 2) > read/write to one of the places it told you you could (it'll pick > storage node(s) for you as part of its load balancing), using HTTP > GET/PUT I just want a basic setup that will allow me to use my normal tools to operate on files stored on a different box. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

