I was told by someone that JCR 2.X will support WAN distribution, and also see the following in the roadmap ( http://jackrabbit.apache.org/jackrabbit-roadmap.html)<http://jackrabbit.apache.org/jackrabbit-roadmap.html> Am I misunderstanding? Thanks,
-- Shaul Medium term - Apache Jackrabbit 2.0 - JCR 2.0 support - Transactional versioning - WebDAV remoting - Hot backup - Full XPath On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Stefan Guggisberg < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Shaul Dar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I hope you can help me with the following. I apologize for the length of > > this message... > > > > My organization (non-profit) has a need for what I think of as a > > distributed, virtual file system. The idea is to abstract logical files > and > > folders from their physical location. I.e. logical file = handle, > physical > > file = data. > > > > There are 2 main user categories: (1) normal users = content creators > (e.g. > > video, audio and docs) need to deposit files into logical folders (i.e. > > create "logical files"), and give them properties (e.g. file content > type, > > intended audience). Based on predefined rules, the file should > > automatically be moved to 1 or more physical servers in the 3 worldwide > > locations we have, and stored there using the local file system (Windows, > > Linux etc). (2) Administrators need to control file distribution, i.e. > > mapping of logical files to physical replicas (e.g. delete/add replicas). > > > > We need a Web GUI for users and admins. Should support the logical folder > > system (create space, create/delete move folder etc), search (by file > name, > > size, date created or last modified, and possibly hash value), and a > > coarse-grain permissions system (e.g. user vs. admin). The back-end > should > > perform the necessary file transfers, e.g. add/fetch a replica > (reliably), > > preferably over HTTP (i.e. OS agnostic). In between should be a mapping > > layer that maps logical files to physical files. All metadata should be > kept > > in a DB (MySQL). > > > > To clarify, I am aware of distributed file systems (*FS), this is not > what I > > am looking for. I am looking rather for (1) management piece (Web based > > interface) described above + (2) the physical transfer layer, and (3) the > > layer that maps logical/physical files. > > > > So my questions are: does JackRabbit provide what we want? Having read > thru > > the documentation, I am still unclear on whether it is a framework or a > > full-blown system, and does it have only back-end components or also a > > front-end. In short, I'm trying to understand how much we would need to > > develop? I saw that Day is developing a commercial system, but for a > hefty > > sum - is there a free alternative? Also I understand that JackRabbit > > currently supports JCR 1.x, which does not include distribution across > > locations? Is there an estimate when it will support JCR 2.x, i.e. > > WAN distribution? > > what makes you think JCR 2.X is about WAN distribution? > > cheers > stefan
