michielbuddingh + replication 2
ChironFS - A filesystem must go on, even if it is hurt
october 2009 by michielbuddingh
" ... 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
october 2009 by michielbuddingh
" ... 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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