2011/10/22 Hetz Ben Hamo <[email protected]>: > 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). > I can take this storage, format it and export it from my server in USA, but > which protocol would give me: > > All (or almost all) functionality of a local mounted device > Can work with long distance latencies > won't "kill" the machine if the remote directory is disconnected / > "disappeared" > 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 Hi. Here are purely theoretical solutions (never used any of those). http://cloudfs.org/2011/05/building-your-own-dropbox-equivalent/ http://sparkleshare.org/ http://mayrhofer.eu.org/dvcs-autosync http://owncloud.org/index.php/Main_Page
I understand that all of this projects may NOT fit you needs but they may be good hints for further search. Regards, Evgeny -- So long, and thanks for all the fish.
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