Re: Block Layer File/FS Replication?

From: Andreas Dilger (adilger@turbolinux.com)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2000 - 12:31:34 EST


Jeff writes:
> That thought had crossed my mind... but I'm assuming there'd be some issues
> related to the buffer cache while doing that. Secondly, I want the
> replication to be N Way. For example:
>
> If I write a file on host X, it's filtered over to host Y. Then, if I write
> to host Y, it's filtered over to host X.

What you are talking about is available in InterMezzo (www.inter-mezzo.org).
It's a file-based (not block based) distributed network filesystem.

Cheers, Andreas

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                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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