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- Path: sparky!uunet!csfb1!jswanson
- From: jswanson@csfb1.fir.fbc.com (James Swanson)
- Subject: Re: Distributed NFS
- Keywordsubject: Re: Distributed NFS
- Message-ID: <C19sJr.CAz@csfb1.fir.fbc.com>
- Followup-To: Re: Distributed NFS
- Sender: news@csfb1.fir.fbc.com (Usenet News Account)
- Reply-To: uunet!csfb1!jswanson
- Organization: First Boston Corporation
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:23:50 GMT
- Lines: 47
-
- |>> Looking for a method of replicating NFS file systems...
- !>
- |> There's already a product available that does this called the Isis Reliable
- Network File System
- |> from Isis Distributed Systems Inc. Their mail address is ids@isis.com.
- |>
-
- Thsnks for your suggestion. I already reviewed the ISIS product. It has
- several shortcomings:
- It will only export 1 file system for the entire network.
- It will not premit any other NFS mounted systems to be exported from
- the same server.
- It still has some nasty bugs.
-
- I need to be able to use the "automounter" and "secure NFS" packages as well.
- I think the best solution will include a mechanism to maintain synchroni-
- zation without imposing too many non-standard restrictions. As I mentioned
- before, I would like to find a way to use the BIOD or NFSD daemons to
- s:
-
- Subject: Re: Distributed NFS
-
- |>> Looking for a method of replicating NFS file systems...
- !>
- |> There's already a product available that does this called the Isis Reliable
- Network File System
- |> from Isis Distributed Systems Inc. Their mail address is ids@isis.com.
- |>
-
- Thanks for your suggestion. I already reviewed the ISIS product. It has
- several shortcomings:
- It will only export 1 file system for the entire network.
- It will not premit any other NFS mounted systems to be exported from
- the same server.
- It still has some nasty bugs.
-
- I need to be able to use the "automounter" and "secure NFS" packages as well.
- I think the best solution will include a mechanism to maintain synchroni-
- zation without imposing too many non-standard restrictions. I would like to
- find a way to use the BIOD or NFSD daemons to provide this funcitonality.
-
- --
- Jim Swanson
- First Boston Corporation
- 5WTC - 9th floor
- New York, NY 10048
- (212)322-1085
-