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ChironFS - A filesystem must go on, even if it is hurt
" ... This the Chiron Filesystem. It is a Fuse based filesystem. It's main purpose is to guarantee filesystem availability using replication. But it isn't a RAID implementation. RAID replicates DEVICES not FILESYSTEMS. .. " -- seems to offer fs-level replication, but again, the details on recovery after volumes have gone out of sync are scarce. It looks like the right idea with the wrong execution.
linux  filesystem  replication  fuse  storage  backup  network 
october 2009 by michielbuddingh
GlusterFS: Highly Scalable Clustered Storage That Just Works
" ... Gluster simplifies the task of storing massive amounts of unstructured data. GlusterFS is an open source clustered file system that runs on commodity hardware, delivering greater scalability and performance at a fraction of the cost of conventional storage. ... " -- other than that, they do seem to offer fs-level data replication, although it's entirely unclear how it's implemented.
linux  filesystem  replication  network  backup 
october 2009 by michielbuddingh

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