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Thomas Mueller commented on JCR-1605:
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A configurable lock mechanism will also help support a 'file system less' 
repository (where no files are stored at all). Use cases: database-based 
repository; in-memory repository (for example for testing)

> RepositoryLock does not work on NFS sometimes
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>                 Key: JCR-1605
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-1605
>             Project: Jackrabbit
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Thomas Mueller
>            Assignee: Thomas Mueller
>
> The RepositoryLock mechanism currently used in Jackrabbit uses FileLock. This 
> doesn't work on some NFS file system. It looks like only NFS version 4 and 
> newer supports locking. Older implementations may throw a IOException "No 
> locks available", which means the NFS does not support byte-range locking.
> I propose to add a second locking mechanism, and add a configuration option 
> to use it. For example: <FileLocking class="acme" />. This second locking 
> mechanism is a cooperative locking protocol that uses a background (watchdog) 
> thread and only uses regular file operations.

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