Distributed file systems or the like.

[Zane C.B.]

On Thu, 25 May 2006 13:57:37 -0500
Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> wrote:

> Zane C.B. wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 May 2006 12:50:38 -0500
> > Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Zane C.B. wrote:
> >>> I am looking for something that will allow my to have multiple
> >>> servers each containing the same filesystem and it is kept up to
> >>> date in real time. Any one have any opinions on AFS or have any
> >>> other suggestions?
> >> NFS?
> > 
> > NFS is nice, but it does not help when it comes to keeping a
> > duplicate set of files on a second file server that is kept up to
> > date in real time.
> 
> You could look at TDFS (Ivan's trivially distributed file system,
> based on fuse), or a ggated mirror (I've done some layout and
> tinkering with this, but no high-load testing).

I am curious how is the ggated setup is working?

I see the problem being it will have to be fscked if one of the
machines goes down, before the other can take it's place.