Quoting Horatio B. Bogbindero ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > i have never actually tried it. but i did a little research on those types > of file systems (they can it distributed filesystem with disconnected > operations). maybe you should check out CODA. which seems a wee bit better > in that aspect.
Coda's not progressing very much, because the maintainers reportedly figured out that it was a too-heavy, slow, overfeatured design.[1] That's why Peter Braam quit the project and started work on InterMezzo[2], a from-scratch effort at a less-complex design that still can gain the same advantages. But InterMezzo didn't seem solid enough to rely on, when I last checked. Meanwhile, IBM/Transarc simultaneously improved and complicated this situation by opensourcing the Transarc AFS client and server as "OpenAFS" under the IBM Public Licence. So, you can now have AFS without buying in (literally and figuratively) to proprietary infrastructure, but it's reportedly a real pain to set up and maintain. [1] http://marc.merlins.org/linux/lwce_summer99/Day4/Conferences/DistributedFS.html [2] http://www.inter-mezzo.org/ My characterisation may be out of date, but I have no relevant recent experience. -- Cheers, "The front line of defense against such sophisticated Rick Moen viruses is a continually evolving computer operating [EMAIL PROTECTED] system that attracts the efforts of eager software developers." -- Bill Gates _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
