Product Search: Distributed File System?

Marcel Cox schrieb am Freitag, 6. November 2009 10:32 in
novell.support.open-enterprise-server.linux.storage-and-backup:

> While there are file sychronization solutions, most of them, including the
> one you are citing will not satisfy your needs
> Also, a bit of terminology claraficiation is needed:
>
> DFS itself is not directly related to replication. DFS is just a technical
> means to present files or directories from different servers in a same
> directory structure. It does however not copy or rpelicate files. You
> should not confuse DFS with DFS replication, a feature introduced by
> Microsoft in Windows 2003 R2.
> However DFS replication does not implement distributed locking, a feature
> which would be necessary to achive what you want to do (just copying
> replicating the control file is not enough, real locking is needed).
> There is one company that claims to have an addon product that implements
> distributed lcoking for DFS replication:
>
>
http://www.peersoftware.com/solution...e_locking.aspx
>
> Stil I'm relatively scheptical on how well such a technology would work
> given the technical complications.
>
Thx for your explains.
Good to know!

"Replicated File Locking" maybe an candidate for an enhancemant request?

Bye

Bernd