as far as i know, the only available solutions for this problem - are commercial solutions, that perform some kind of caching on the local side - this assuming you need to access the device on both sides (i.e. both in the USA and in israel).

if your needs are different - please state them - perhaps there's another way.

--guy

On 10/22/2011 11:03 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
Hi,

Here is a theoretical question:

Lets say I have a Linux server in Israel, and I have a block of storage
(lets say iSCSI partition for this example) in USA, and I want to mount
it on my server in Israel.
iSCSI over such a long distance and with big latency (thanks to our
ISP's) is a big no no, it's too slow. NFS is also not a good idea
(here's why <http://goo.gl/vn4GM>).

I can take this storage, format it and export it from my server in USA,
but which protocol would give me:

 1. All (or almost all) functionality of a local mounted device
 2. Can work with long distance latencies
 3. won't "kill" the machine if the remote directory is disconnected /
    "disappeared"
 4. If possible - supported (either directly or using 3rd party driver)
    on Windows 2008 (Linux is the main concern, Windows is optional)

i'm not looking for FTP solution (I checked curlftpfs, which is FTP
implemented using FUSE. it's nice but when it disconnects, the machine
will have issues), and webdav (slow)

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Hetz


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